Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Suspended 10 days2024 · as reported
Special Police Officer Paige shoulder-bumped a student, grabbed them, and slammed the student against a wall before bringing them to the ground in an unprovoked incident. Paige then arrested the student and charged them with aggravated assault. Newark PD sustained charges of excessive force and disobedience of orders and suspended Paige for 10 days in 2024.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
The officer shoulder-bumped a student, grabbed them, and slammed the student against a wall before bringing them to the ground in an unprovoked incident. The officer then arrested the student and charged them with aggravated assault.
Samuel Gonzalez · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, & Excessive Force
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Frank Rodriguez · Newark Police Department · 2022
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive force, Disobedience to Orders
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Daniel Caro · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Official Inefficiency or Incompetence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Quelvi Castaneda · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 16 daysSustained charge(s): Behavior, Misconduct, Violation of Criminal Law, Off Duty Alcohol Use
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Christian Llumpo · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Violation of Criminal Law, Alcohol-Related Offenses, and Unacceptable Behavior
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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Special Police Officer Paige shoulder-bumped a student, grabbed them, and slammed the student against a wall before bringing them to the ground in an unprovoked incident. Paige then arrested the student and charged them with aggravated assault. Newark PD sustained charges of excessive force and disobedience of orders and suspended Paige for 10 days in 2024.
David Paige has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
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 David Paige individually.