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Fairfield Police Department · 1 record · 2020
Suspended 20 days2020 · as reported
Sergeant Christopher Niemiec was suspended for 20 days by the Fairfield Police Department in 2020. The record states that the suspension was for mishandling his department issued service weapon. The agency did not report the sustained charges.
Major discipline · 2020[1]
Suspended 20 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sgt. Niemiec was suspended for 20 days for mishandling his department issued service weapon.
Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.
Steven D'Argenio · Fairfield Police Department · 2025
Suspended 60 daysSustained charge(s): Off-Duty Conduct
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Scott Ritter · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020
Suspended 40 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Christopher Leahy · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020
Suspended 30 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Tina Decicco · Atlantic County Corrections · 2020
Suspended 6 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Charles Gill · Atlantic County Corrections · 2020
Suspended 6 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Christopher Niemiec, Fairfield Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/christopher-niemiec-fairfield-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Sergeant Christopher Niemiec was suspended for 20 days by the Fairfield Police Department in 2020. The record states that the suspension was for mishandling his department issued service weapon. The agency did not report the sustained charges.
Christopher Niemiec has one major discipline record at Fairfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Christopher Niemiec's reported base salary is $166,702, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Christopher Niemiec has 28 years, 2 months of reported service.
Fairfield Police Department reported 43 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Christopher Niemiec individually.