Raritan PD investigated Patrolman Ragati's use of sick and bereavement time off. The review found that Ragati failed to abide by several rules and procedures governing scheduled time off and violated the department Code of Ethics because he was not truthful when providing reasons for using time off. The sustained finding occurred in 2023, and the charge was negotiated as part of an agreement settled in 2024 before a hearing officer heard it. Ragati received a 4 day suspension without pay.
Failure to abide by department rules and regulations. Truthfulness.
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
An investigation was conducted in regards to Officer Ragati's use of sick and bereavement time off. A review of all evidence pertaining to the allegations revealed Officer Ragati failed to abide by several rules, regulations and department procedures and directives governing police officers, including the use of scheduled time off. Officer Ragati violated the Raritan Police Department Code of Ethics because he was not truthful when providing reasons for using time off throughout the investigation. The sustained finding occurred in 2023 but the charge was negotiated as part of an agreement that was settled in 2024. The agreement was settled prior to the incident being heard by a hearing officer. As a result, Officer Ragati received a 4 day suspension without pay.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Andrew Ragati's major discipline record?
Raritan PD investigated Patrolman Ragati's use of sick and bereavement time off. The review found that Ragati failed to abide by several rules and procedures governing scheduled time off and violated the department Code of Ethics because he was not truthful when providing reasons for using time off. The sustained finding occurred in 2023, and the charge was negotiated as part of an agreement settled in 2024 before a hearing officer heard it. Ragati received a 4 day suspension without pay.
What is Andrew Ragati's major discipline record at Raritan Police Department?
Andrew Ragati has one major discipline record at Raritan Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Raritan Police Department, the department Andrew Ragati worked for?
Raritan Police Department reported 21 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Andrew Ragati individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1274. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8581. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩