Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sergeant Kim was suspended for 60 days by the New Jersey Institute of Technology PD. The record states he abandoned his post during a shift where he was the only on-duty patrol supervisor, for a personal, non-emergent matter, and used a department vehicle while leaving his patrol zone and the County of Essex for approximately three hours. Kim was charged with multiple administrative rule and standard operating procedure violations, including Neglect of Duty, Performance of Duty, and Truthfulness.
Use of Department or University Property and Equipment
Use of Department Vehicles
Operation of Department Vehicles
Truthfulness
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Charles Kim abandoned his post during a shift where he was the only on-duty patrol supervisor for a personal, non-emergent matter. Sergeant Kim during the time he abandoned his shift, utilized a department vehicle while doing so, and left his patrol zone and the County of Essex for approximately three (3) hours. Sergeant Kim was charged with multiple administrative rules and regulations / standard operating procedure violations.
Compensation and pension
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Similar records
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Charles Kim's major discipline record?
Sergeant Kim was suspended for 60 days by the New Jersey Institute of Technology PD. The record states he abandoned his post during a shift where he was the only on-duty patrol supervisor, for a personal, non-emergent matter, and used a department vehicle while leaving his patrol zone and the County of Essex for approximately three hours. Kim was charged with multiple administrative rule and standard operating procedure violations, including Neglect of Duty, Performance of Duty, and Truthfulness.
What is Charles Kim's major discipline record at New Jersey Institute Of Technology?
Charles Kim has one major discipline record at New Jersey Institute Of Technology in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Charles Kim's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Charles Kim at New Jersey Institute Of Technology.
How large is New Jersey Institute Of Technology, the department Charles Kim worked for?
New Jersey Institute Of Technology reported 40 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Charles Kim individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1661. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8307. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩