Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

David Dzibela

North Plainfield Police Department · 1 record · 2022

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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 15 days

Rank as reported: Patrolman
Sustained charge(s)
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

On March 18, 2021, Patrolman David Dzibela was ordered by his supervisor to run a suspect's name through the police computer system to assist with identification. Dzibela at first refused, saying there were too many people in the dispatch center, and he criticized the supervisor in front of several officers. After a hearing held in 2022, Dzibela was suspended without pay for fifteen days. His history of prior sustained policy violations was considered in the penalty.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On March 18, 2021 Ptl. David Dzibela was ordered by his supervisor to assist with the identification of suspect by running his name through the police computer system. At first, Dzibela refused the order stating that there were too many people in the dispatch center. He also criticized the supervisor who gave the order in front of several officers. After the investigation, charges were filed against Ptl. Dzibela. The officer requested a hearing which occurred in 2022. As a result of the hearing, Dzibela was suspended without pay for fifteen days for failing to follow the orders of a superior officer. Taken into consideration for this penalty was the officer's history of prior sustained violations of department policy.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $142,952
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 19 years, 3 months

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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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2298. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 219783, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩