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Derrick Russell

New Jersey State Police · 2 records · 2021, 2025

Suspended 270 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

Russell has 2 sustained major discipline records from New Jersey State Police, spanning 2021 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Alcohol Violations, Harassment; Questionable Conduct - Off Duty, Alcohol Violations, Driving While Intoxicated, Leaving the Scene of MV Accident, Failure to Report MV Accident, Violation of Traffic Law, Reporting Requirements, Misleading Statements.

Discipline timeline, 2021 to 2025

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2021 to 2025

Major discipline records reported for Derrick Russell, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20211Suspension
20220No record published
20230No record published
20240No record published
20251Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 270 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Trooper II Derrick Russell admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. Russell was involved in a motor vehicle crash while driving intoxicated in his personal vehicle and then fled the scene. He also told investigating officers that the vehicle damage was from a previous accident. He received a 270 day suspension in 2025.

Rank as reported
Trooper II (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Questionable Conduct - Off Duty
  • Alcohol Violations
  • Driving While Intoxicated
  • Leaving the Scene of MV Accident
  • Failure to Report MV Accident
  • Violation of Traffic Law
  • Reporting Requirements
  • Misleading Statements
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division while off duty. The member was involved in a motor vehicle crash while driving intoxicated in their personal vehicle and subsequently fled the scene. The member also advised investigating officers that the vehicle damage was from a previous accident. The member received a 270 day suspension.

Major discipline · 2021[2]

Suspended 30 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Trooper Derrick Russell admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, Russell engaged in a verbal dispute that drew a response from local police and consumed alcohol within eight hours of his next scheduled shift. He received a 30 day suspension.

Rank as reported
Trooper (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related
  • Alcohol Violations
  • Harassment
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

The member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division. While off-duty, the member engaged in a verbal dispute which elicited response from local police and consumed alcohol within eight hours of his next scheduled shift. The member received a 30 day suspension.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Mark Addotta · New Jersey State Police · 2025

    Suspended 60 days

    Sustained charge(s): Inappropriate Actions Towards Another Member, Disobey Written Order, Intentionally Providing False Information During a Misconduct

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Robert Blackburn · New Jersey State Police · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Disobey Written Order, Culpable Inefficient Supervision

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Christopher Castro Rangel · New Jersey State Police · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized Use/Access of Law Enforcement Databases, Questionable Conduct - On Duty, Failure to Notify Division of Personal Knowledge of

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • William Donahue · New Jersey State Police · 2025

    Suspended 120 days

    Sustained charge(s): Domestic Violence - Harassment, Domestic Violence - Criminal Mischief, Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Unprofessional Conduct Toward

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Hicks · New Jersey State Police · 2025

    Suspended 439 days

    Sustained charge(s): Domestic Violence - Assault, Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers, Failure to

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at New Jersey State Police

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

All 94 at the New Jersey State Police page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. 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. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Derrick Russell's major discipline record?

Russell has 2 sustained major discipline records from New Jersey State Police, spanning 2021 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Alcohol Violations, Harassment; Questionable Conduct - Off Duty, Alcohol Violations, Driving While Intoxicated, Leaving the Scene of MV Accident, Failure to Report MV Accident, Violation of Traffic Law, Reporting Requirements, Misleading Statements.

What is Derrick Russell's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?

Derrick Russell has 2 major discipline records at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Derrick Russell worked for?

New Jersey State Police reported 3,351 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Derrick Russell individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 549. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2683. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 549. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 549, 2683.
  4. [4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8645. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.