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Christopher Niemiec

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 records

Major discipline · 2020[1]

Suspended 20 days
Rank as reported
Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not applicable
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Sgt. Niemiec was suspended for 20 days for mishandling his department issued service weapon.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Steven D'Argenio · Fairfield Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 60 days

    Sustained charge(s): Off-Duty Conduct

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Scott Ritter · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020

    Suspended 40 days

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Christopher Leahy · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020

    Suspended 30 days

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Tina Decicco · Atlantic County Corrections · 2020

    Suspended 6 days

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Charles Gill · Atlantic County Corrections · 2020

    Suspended 6 days

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Fairfield Police Department

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$166,702
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
28 years, 2 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Christopher Niemiec's major discipline record?

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.

What is Christopher Niemiec's major discipline record at Fairfield Police Department?

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.

What is Christopher Niemiec's base salary on record?

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.

How large is Fairfield Police Department, the department Christopher Niemiec worked for?

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.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2834. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 232459, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8289. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.