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East Orange Police Department · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 10 days2023 · as reported
Officer Ameen Hooper was suspended for 10 days with loss of time by the East Orange Police Department. On 1/22/2023, Hooper neglected to turn on his body worn camera on a call for service. The sustained charges were neglect of duty and performance of duty.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
On 1/22/2023 Officer Hooper neglected to turn on his BWC on a call for service.
Kendrick Hamlett · East Orange Police Department · 2023
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Failure to perform duties; Neglect of Duty; Inability to perform duties
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Antoine Buggs · East Orange Police Department · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Michael DiGuglielmo · East Orange Police Department · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty; Other sufficient cause "Truthfulness"; Operation of Motor Vehicles
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Rian Hill · East Orange Police Department · 2023
Suspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty; Conduct unbecoming a public employee; by operating a motor vehicle under the influence
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Justin Tracy · Audubon Police Department · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty / Performance of Duty / Temporary Detention Violation
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
10 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Officer Ameen Hooper was suspended for 10 days with loss of time by the East Orange Police Department. On 1/22/2023, Hooper neglected to turn on his body worn camera on a call for service. The sustained charges were neglect of duty and performance of duty.
Ameen Hooper has one major discipline record at East Orange Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Ameen Hooper's reported base salary is $113,900, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Ameen Hooper has 11 years, 6 months of reported service.
East Orange Police Department reported 171 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Ameen Hooper individually.