Separated while IA pendingmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Morris has 2 sustained major discipline records from Jersey City PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct Toward The Public, Neglect of Duty, Incompetency,Conduct Unbecoming, a Public Employee,; Conduct Unbecoming An Officer, Courtesy, Neglect of Duty, Orders, Responsiblities in general, Truthfulness, Insubordination, Inabilities to perform duties, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, Neglect of duty, Other sufficient cause.
Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2025
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2 records, 2023 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Dejon Morris, by year
In 2025, Jersey City PD sustained charges against Detective Dejon Morris, including conduct unbecoming an officer, neglect of duty, and truthfulness. The record states that on 10/08/2024 Morris did not respond to a burglary and theft call and failed to submit a report until ordered twice to do so, and that his report contained an untruthful statement. He was also untruthful during the Internal Affairs investigation. Morris received a loss of time; the days suspended were not reported, and he was separated while a matter was pending.
On 10/08/2024 Det. Dejon Morris did not respond to a burglary and theft call,neglecting a supervisor's orders.He failed to submit a report until he was ordered to do so twice by a supervisor.Upon completion of the report, it was found that he made an untruthful statement in the report.Det. Morris' actions prevented the victim from obtaining the essential investigatory steps of having a statement taken and evidence collection.Det. Morris was also found to have been untruthful during the subsequent Internal Affairs investigation specifically by being evasive in his answers and repeating false statements made in his report as true.
Detective Dejon Morris was suspended for 90 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2023. The department reported that on 2/19/2022, Morris neglected his official duties by failing to secure video evidence of a crime involving a stabbing, failed to notify his supervisor of evidence requiring collection, and failed to transport the victim of a crime. The record also states Morris spoke in a discourteous, arrogant and condescending manner to the complainants.
On 2/19/2022, Det. Dejon Morris neglected his official duties by failing to secure video evidence of a crime involving a stabbing. He failed to notify his supervisor of evidence requiring collection and failed to transport the victim of a crime. Det. Morris also spoke in a discourteous,arrogant and condescending manner to the complainants.
Similar records
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Richard Gomez · Jersey City Police Department · 2025
Separated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4A:2-2.3(a) (1) Incompetency, Inefficiency, or Failure To Perform Duties (7) Neglect of Duty JCPD Rule 3:123 Obedience to Laws,…
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a)1- Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a)6 – Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee 4A:2-2.3(a)7 -…
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Kyle Huhn · Berkeley Township Police Department · 2025
Separated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): 3:1.7 Neglect of Duty
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Other officers at Jersey City Police Department
73 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Dejon Morris's major discipline record?
Morris has 2 sustained major discipline records from Jersey City PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct Toward The Public, Neglect of Duty, Incompetency,Conduct Unbecoming, a Public Employee,; Conduct Unbecoming An Officer, Courtesy, Neglect of Duty, Orders, Responsiblities in general, Truthfulness, Insubordination, Inabilities to perform duties, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, Neglect of duty, Other sufficient cause.
What is Dejon Morris's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?
Dejon Morris has 2 major discipline records at Jersey City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department Dejon Morris worked for?
Jersey City Police Department reported 799 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Dejon Morris individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 387. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1741. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 387. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 387, 1741. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8343. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩