Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 15 days- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Separated while IA pending
- not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Daniel Padilla received a 15-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2022 on a sustained charge of conduct unbecoming. An investigation found that on February 20, 2021, Padilla engaged in a verbal dispute with an ICE detainee, began to walk away, then turned back and struck the detainee with an open hand before exiting the dorm. The record states that Padilla never documented the incident.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On April 6, 2022, An Investigator completed an investigation into an alleged Use of Force Violation. The investigation revealed that on February 20, 2021 an altercation takes place between Officer Padilla and an Ice Detainee. Video surveillance shows Officer Padilla engaged in a verbal dispute with the ICE Detainee, Officer Padilla turns around to start walking away, then turns back around and open hand strikes the Detainee and continues to exit the Dorm. Officer Padilla never documented the incident. On September 6, 2022 Officer Padilla received a 15 Day suspension.