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Charles Kim

New Jersey Institute Of Technology · 1 record · 2023

Suspended 60 days2023 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended 60 days
Rank as reported
SERGEANT (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Lawful Order
  • Code of Ethics
  • Core Values
  • Performance of Duty
  • Obedience to Laws
  • Rules and Regulations
  • and Written Directives
  • Work Expectation
  • Distracters
  • Relief
  • Meals/Breaks
  • Prohibited Activity On-Duty
  • All Other Conduct
  • 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.

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Other officers at New Jersey Institute Of Technology

3 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

No confident pension match found. 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. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

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.

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. [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. [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/. ↩