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Darrel Gleason

Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 434 days2025 · as reported

Officer Gleason was involved in a physical altercation with a party protected under the Domestic Violence Act. During the incident, he placed his hands on their head and neck in a forceful manner, causing concern for the victim's safety and well-being. Gleason was charged with domestic assault. Newark PD sustained charges under department rules and regulations for conduct unbecoming and suspended him for 434 days in 2025.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 434 days
Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Department Rules and Regs
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Gleason was involved in a physical altercation with a party protected under the Domestic violence Act. During the incident, he allegedly placed his hands on their head and neck in a forceful manner, causing concern for the victim’s safety and well-being. As a result of the findings, Officer Gleason was charged with domestic assault.

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Other officers at Newark Police Department

74 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 74 at the Newark Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$81,443
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
2 years, 10 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 Darrel Gleason's major discipline record?

Officer Gleason was involved in a physical altercation with a party protected under the Domestic Violence Act. During the incident, he placed his hands on their head and neck in a forceful manner, causing concern for the victim's safety and well-being. Gleason was charged with domestic assault. Newark PD sustained charges under department rules and regulations for conduct unbecoming and suspended him for 434 days in 2025.

What is Darrel Gleason's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?

Darrel Gleason has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Darrel Gleason's base salary on record?

Darrel Gleason's reported base salary is $81,443, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Darrel Gleason has 2 years, 10 months of reported service.

How large is Newark Police Department, the department Darrel Gleason worked for?

Newark Police Department reported 1,119 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Darrel Gleason individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 320. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218331, 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 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.