Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Millville Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Suspended (days not reported)Separated while IA pending2024 · as reported
Officer Austin Elias used excessive force that resulted in a charge of simple assault, according to the Millville Police Department. Elias was suspended, and the number of days was not reported. He separated from the agency while an internal affairs case was pending. The sustained charge was simple assault.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended (days not reported)Separated while IA pendingSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Elias utilized excessive force resulting in him being charged with Simple Assault.
Scott Palmer · Phillipsburg Police Department · 2025
Suspended (days not reported)Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Computer Criminal Access, Official Misconduct & Aggravated Assault upon L.E. Officer // Ptl. Scott Palmer came to police headquarters in an…
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Javier Gonzalez · Department Of Corrections · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C9: Insubordination: Intentional…
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Eugene Vick · Department Of Corrections · 2024
TerminatedSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other Sufficient Cause. C11: Conduct unbecoming an…
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Miesha Robinson · Department Of Corrections · 2024
TerminatedSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other Sufficient Cause. C11: Conduct unbecoming an…
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Emea Chery · Department Of Corrections · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(2) Insubordination N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other Sufficient Cause. C9. Insubordination: intentional disobedience or…
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3 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Officer Austin Elias used excessive force that resulted in a charge of simple assault, according to the Millville Police Department. Elias was suspended, and the number of days was not reported. He separated from the agency while an internal affairs case was pending. The sustained charge was simple assault.
Austin Elias has one major discipline record at Millville Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Millville Police Department reported 80 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Austin Elias individually.