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Amber Williams

Plainfield Police Department · 1 record · 2023

Suspended 7 days2023 · as reported

Officer Amber Williams was suspended for 7 days by the Plainfield Police Department, with a loss of time sanction, on sustained charges that included performance of duty, obedience to laws and orders, insubordination, and managing sick leave. The record states that after her vacation request was denied due to patrol minimums, Williams called out sick for 3 of her 4 scheduled work days and was out of state.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended 7 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Performance of Duty
  • Obedience to Laws
  • Ordinances Rules and General Orders
  • Managing Sick Leave
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 30 June, 1 July and 2 July 2023, Officer Williams requested vacation time off. Officer Williams was informed that her vacation time would be denied due to patrol minimums. Officer Williams admittedly called out sick for 3 of her 4 scheduled work days and was out of state.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Michael Martinez · Plainfield Police Department · 2023

    Suspended (days not reported)

    Sustained charge(s): Indictable Offenses

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jason Pardo · Plainfield Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Excessive Force

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • John Evans · Plainfield Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 35 days

    Sustained charge(s): Chain of Command/Performance of Duty/Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules and General Orders/Managing Sick Leave

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • William Guy · Plainfield Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 107 days

    Sustained charge(s): Truthfulness

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Chanel Johnson · Plainfield Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 125 days

    Sustained charge(s): 217-1 Excessive Noise

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Plainfield Police Department

8 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$74,951
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
4 years, 9 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Amber Williams's major discipline record?

Officer Amber Williams was suspended for 7 days by the Plainfield Police Department, with a loss of time sanction, on sustained charges that included performance of duty, obedience to laws and orders, insubordination, and managing sick leave. The record states that after her vacation request was denied due to patrol minimums, Williams called out sick for 3 of her 4 scheduled work days and was out of state.

What is Amber Williams's major discipline record at Plainfield Police Department?

Amber Williams has one major discipline record at Plainfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Amber Williams's base salary on record?

Amber Williams's reported base salary is $74,951, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Amber Williams has 4 years, 9 months of reported service.

How large is Plainfield Police Department, the department Amber Williams worked for?

Plainfield Police Department reported 128 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Amber Williams individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1993. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 216964, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8612. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩