Officer Dennis Cerone received a 15-day suspension from the Newark Police Department in 2022 for a charge concerning responsibility for one's own actions and conduct. During a trial preparation session, Cerone told the attorney that the information he provided in that session differed from what he had written in his report.
Officer Cerone was suspended for 15 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; responsibility of ones own actions, and conduct. During a prep session for trial, Officer Cerone admitted to the attorney that the information he provided during their prep session was different than what he wrote in his report.
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What is a summary of Dennis Cerone's major discipline record?
Officer Dennis Cerone received a 15-day suspension from the Newark Police Department in 2022 for a charge concerning responsibility for one's own actions and conduct. During a trial preparation session, Cerone told the attorney that the information he provided in that session differed from what he had written in his report.
What is Dennis Cerone's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Dennis Cerone has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Dennis Cerone 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 Dennis Cerone individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2173. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩