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Transparency Data

It is the policy of the Newark Police Division to earn and maintain public trust and confidence through transparency when permitted by law. Public confidence is essential towards effective policing. Maintaining strong ties between the Newark Police Division and the community is of paramount importance in keeping our City safe.

The Newark Police Division is proud to be one of the first law enforcement agencies in the nation to publish police activity statistics with the hopes that the public will better understand our efforts to serve the community. The following information is a “snapshot” of last month’s activities:

The following information will become more detailed as revised statistics are captured.

 

  Oct 2022 YTD
Total Number of incidents requiring Use of Force: 26 301
Total Number of Officers Involved: 54 674
     
Actions of Suspects
Resisted Officer Control: 47 602
Physical Threat/Attack: 7 40
Threat/Attack with Blunt Object: 0 1
Threat/Attack with Knife/Cutting Object: 0 1
Threat/Attack with Motor Vehicle: 0 5
Threat/Attack with Firearm: 0 4
Other Type of Threat Attack: 2 48
     
Types of Force Used
Compliance Hold: 41 454
Hands/Fists: 11 220
Feet/Kicks: 0 7
Baton/Object: 0 1
Chemical Agent: 0 10
Canine: 0 0
Other Force: 0 27
Firearm Discharge: 0 18
     

 

INJURIES SUSTAINED
  Suspects Officers
  Oct 2022 YTD Oct 2022 YTD
Injured: 0 19 0 0
Treated at Hospital: 5 122 0 31
Killed: 0 0 0 0

 

Suspect Gender
  Oct 2022 YTD
Male: 16 237
Female: 10 64
     

 

Suspect Race
  Oct 2022 YTD
Asian: 0 0
Black: 22 249
Black-Hispanic: 0 0
Indian(Amer/Alskn): 0 0
Other: 0 0
White: 1 5
White-Hispanic: 3 45

 

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  Oct 2022
Total Number of Field Inquiries: 1683

 

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  Oct 2022 YTD
External Complaints Received: 27 231
Internal Complaints Received: 40 325
Case Dispositions
Administratively Closed: 0 12
Exonerated: 1 7
Not Sustained: 1 5
Sustained: 4 75
Unfounded: 1 30

 

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  Oct 2022 YTD
Number of Disciplinary Hearings: 30 207
Total Number of Personnel Disciplined: 26 190
Total Number of Suspension Days: 10 1587
Number of Personnel Terminated: 0 6

2016 Cases referred to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office 43
2016 Cases referred back from Essex County Prosecutor’s Office 15
Disposition of Cases Referred back from Prosecutor’s office
Sustained 4
Not Sustained 9
Exonerated 2

 

June 15, 2020 to December 31, 2020
  Disciplined Officer Sanction Synopsis
No. Rank First Name Last Name Terminated? Demoted? Suspended? # Days Susp. Description
1 PO Richard Pacelli     Yes 30 Officer Pacelli discharged a chemical agent against a prisoner inside the emergency room of a hospital
2 PO Kerwin Lovo     Yes 6 P/O Lovo struck a fire hydrant with a marked patrol unit during an accident
3 PO James Allen     Yes 10 P/O Allen failed to take a police action while witnessing an off-duty police officer involved in a physical altercation
4 PO Maurice McKelvin     Yes 10 P/O McKelvin failed to take a police action while witnessing an off-duty police officer involved in a physical altercation.
5 PO Yves Zogba     Yes 10 P/O Zogba failed to obtain consent of search from a home owner during a recovery of a weapon used in an assault.
6 PO Sean Lake     Yes 15 P/O Lake conducted a motor vehicle stop in which he acted unprofessional and issued the driver five summones
7 Lt. Carmen Rivera No No Yes 6 Lieutenant Carmen Rivera was suspended 6 days for neglect of duty when she failed to properly investigate a motor vehicle accident and document same on a report.
Jan 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
  Disciplined Officer Sanction Synopsis
No. Rank First Name Last Name Terminated? Demoted? Suspended? # Days Susp. Description
1 PO Tigee Pagan No No Yes 15 Officer Pagan was suspended for 15 days for allowing a civilian to operate a police vehicle in an unsafe manner. Officer Pagan also improperly uploaded a video of the incident onto his instagram social media account.
2 PO Jonathan Salas No No Yes 10 Officer Salas was suspended for 10 days after he handled his service weapon in an unsafe manner during a vehicle pursuit.
3 PO Janet Santiago No No Yes 6 Officer Santiago was suspended for 6 days for being off her assigned post without authorization when a shooting occurred on her post.
4 PO Carlos Barthelemy No No Yes 6 Officer Barthelemy was suspended for 6 days when he failed to safeguard a prisoner at the hospital and the prisoner escaped.
5 PO Dwayne Mays No No Yes 15 Officer Mays was suspended for 15 days when, while off-duty, he left a crime scene without making proper notifications or giving an account to responding officers.
6 Sgt Anthony Ciarla No No Yes 6 Sgt Ciarla was suspended for 6 days for failure to ensure that officers conducted a thorough search of a prisoner for weapons when the prisoner was being admitted into the prisoner holding facility.
7 PO Stepahnie Marte No No Yes 8 Officer Marte was suspended for 8 days after she failed to properly safeguard her service weapon.
8 PO Arnaldo Rivera No No Yes 70 Officer Rivera was suspended for 70 days after he was arrested for driving while intoxicated. The incident occurred when Officer Rivera was off-duty.
9 PO Gregory Gourgue No No Yes 16 Officer Gourgue was supended 16 days. The officer failed to notify the department that while off-duty he was stopped by an outside police department for driving while suspended. Officer Gourgue resigned prior to his administrative hearing
10 PO Gregory Gourgue No No Yes 27 Officer Gorgue was indefinitely suspended on 7/28/21-8/27/21: while off duty and driving in Newark, he ignored police officers' orders to stop and drove around a motor vehicle accident. A check of his drivers license revealed an active warrant for his arrest due to motor vehicle summonses that he had not addressed. Officer Gourgue resigned prior to administrative hearing.
11 PO Paul Hamilton No No Yes 6 Officer Hamilton was suspended for 6 days after he was arrested for a bench warrant issued for his failure to respond to court to answer a complaint for improper use of personal checks.
12 PO Michael Chirico Yes No Yes Officer Chirico was terminated when he was involved in a motor vehicle accident while on duty and a subsequent investigation revealed that he had been drinking alcohol while on duty. Officer Chirico also falsified his log sheet, stating that he was on assignments and locations that he never responded to. Officer Chirico was terminated from employment.
Jan 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
  Disciplined Officer Sanction Synopsis
No. Rank First Name Last Name Terminated? Demoted? Suspended? # Days Susp. Description
1 PO MICHAEL MALDONADO No No Yes 6 Officer Maldonado was suspended for 6 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience of orders. Officer Maldonado failed to notify the supervisor that he initated a pursuit.
2 PO ALFONSO REDDICK No No Yes 6 Officer Reddick was suspended for 6 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience of orders. Officer Reddick failed to notify the supervisor that he initated a pursuit.
3 PO GRACE VELEZ-PAREDES No No Yes 10 Officer Velez-Paredes was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; accessibility to department surgeons and superior officers. Officer Velez-Paredes failed to be accessible to the medical services unit and provide a medical update to the police department.
4 PO CLAUDIA MARTINEZ No No Yes 6 Officer Martinez was suspended for 6 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; conduct in public and private and police image. Officer Martinez failed to speak with officers, who arrived at her home attempting to abate a landlord tenant issue.
5 PO IVAN JEREZ No No Yes 15 Officer Jerez was suspended for 15 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; police image and loyalty. Officer Jerez was involved in a physical altercation at an establishment while intoxicated and in full police uniform.
6 Sgt ELVIS LUGARDO No No Yes 10 Sgt. Lugardo was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; neglect of duty and leaving his assigned post. Sgt. Lugardo left his assigned post without notifying his supervisor for nearly two (2) hours.
7 Sgt TERRENCE BEST No No Yes 53 Sgt. Best was suspended for 53 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience of orders. Sgt. Best responded to the scene of an accidnet involving an off-duty officer accused of being intoxocated. Sgt. Best was advised to conduct a field sobriety test or a breathalyzer, which the Sgt., failed to do.
8 PO TASHIA JONES No No Yes 180 Officer Jones was suspended for 180 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; conduct, neglect of duty, criminal law, and alcoholic beverages on-duty. While on-duty, Officer Jones entered and patronized a liquor establishment, and falsified offical police documents.
9 PO ERIK BLOUNT No No Yes 180 Officer Blount was suspended for 180 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; conduct, neglect of duty, criminal law, and alcoholic beverages on-duty. While on-duty, Officer Blount entered and patronized a liquor establishment, and falsified offical police documents.
10 PO GARBIEL MAIORANO No No Yes 6 Officer Maiorano was suspended for 6 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; neglect of nuty and disobedience to orders. Officer Maiorano failed to activate his body worn camera during the movement of an arrestee, who tried escaping.
11 PO GARBIEL MAIORANO No No Yes 6 Officer Maiorano was suspended for 6 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; neglect of nuty and disobedience to orders. Officer Maiorano failed to activate his body worn camera during the movement of an arrestee, who tried escaping.
12 PO ANDREA LUNA No No Yes 10 Officer Luna was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience of orders. Officer Luna was engaged in a vehicle pursuit, failed to document the incident, and to make notifications to his supervisor.
13 PO MICHAEL CENTANNI No No Yes 30 Officer Centanni was suspended for 30 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; police image, conduct, and criminal law. Officer Centanni interfered with a Security Officer in the performance of his duties. Officer Centanni was cited for simple assasult and disorderly conduct.
14 PO PRINCE RANKIN No No Yes 10 Officer Rankin was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; conduct in public and private, and associaiton with the criminal element. Office Rankin engaged in a relationship with a female knowing that she was engaged in illegal activity.
15 PO JILIL WILKINS No No Yes 15 Officer Wilkins was suspended for 15 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; unauthorized absence. Officer Wilkins accumulated fifty (50) sick days in an improper manner.
16 PO JILIL WILKINS No No Yes 30 Officer Wilkins was suspended for 30 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; official inefficinecy or incompetence, and disobedience to orders. Officer Wilkins has not improved his sick record.
17 PO No No Yes 10
18 PO No No Yes 10
19 PO No No Yes 10
20 PO No No Yes 10
21 PO JILIL WILKINS No No Yes 60 Officer Wilkins was suspended for 60 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience to orders. Officer Wilkins failed to activate his body worn camera.
22 PO ANGEL CONCEPCION No No Yes 10 Officer Concepcion was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; pre-employment statements, false statements, disobedience of orders, and payment of debts regarding a business.
23 Det FRANK RODRIGUEZ No No Yes 30 Officer Rodriguez was suspended for 30 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; use of force policy, false statements, and disobedience of orders. Officer Rodriguez failed to document that he used force when he struck an arrestee.
24 PO No No Yes 10
25 Sgt GLEN GREEN No No Yes 6 Sgt. Green was suspended for 6 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; address of confinement, disobedience of orders, and false statements. Sgt. Green failed to notify his supervisor of his place of confinement when calling out sick, did not update his recall card, and altered/ falsified his personal information on his recall card.
26 PO ELVIS LUGARDO No No Yes 10 Officer Lugardo was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; neglect of duty, and disobedience to orders. Officer Lugardo engaged in a vehicle pursuit and failed to, advise dispatch that he was pursuing the vehicle, activate his body worn camera, and in-car camera system.
27 PO STEVEN RESENDES No No Yes 20 Officer Resendes was suspended for 20 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience to orders. Officer Resendes was engaged in a vehicle pursuit involving a vehicle wanted for only motor vehicle violations, in violation of the vehicle pursuit policy.
28 PO STEVEN RESENDES No No Yes 10 Officer Resendes was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience of orders. Officer Resendes was in a pursuit of a vehicle and failed to terminate the pursuit after being instructed to do so by his supervisor.
29 PO DENNIS CERONE No No Yes 15 Officer Cerone was suspended for 15 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; responsibility of ones own actions, conduct, and false statement. Officer Cerone stated to the attorney that the information he provided during their prep session did not oocur the way the incident report indicated it did.
30 Sgt JOHN FORMISANO Yes No No 535 Sgt. Formisano was terminated for criminal law, conviction of a crime, and conduct in public and in private. Sgt. Formisano utlized his Police issued service weapon to shoot two people, killing one.
31 PO TIASHA WRIGHT Yes No Yes 489 Officer Wright was Terminated for criminal law violation, conduct unbecoming of a public employee, conduct, and disobedience of orders.
32 PO BIANCA WHITE Yes No Yes 489 Officer White was Terminated for criminal law violation, conduct unbecoming of a public employee, conduct, and disobedience of orders.
33 PO ANDREA MOJICA Yes No No 0 Officer Mojica was terminated for unfit for duty and unrestorable.
34 PO No No Yes 10
35 PO AQUIL YOUNG No No Yes 5 Officer Young was suspended for 5 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience of orders, and strip search procedure. Officer Young did not obtain authorization from a supervisor when he conducted a strip search.
36 PO AQUIL YOUNG No No Yes 5 Officer Young was suspended for 5 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; use of force, false statements, and disobedience of orders. Officer Young used excessive force on an arestee, in violation of department policy.
37 PO No No Yes 10
38 PO LUAN SERRANO No No Yes 5 Officer Serrano was suspended for 5 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; use of force policy. Officer Serrano used excessice force on an arresstee, in violation of department policy.

 

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Please Note : Additional fields were added to the transparency data which aren't currently populated. As this data becomes available, it will be added to the empty fields. The information is expected to included in the near future.

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