Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Essex County Sheriff's Office · 1 record · 2025
Suspended 6 days2025 · as reported
In 2025, the Essex County Sheriffs Office suspended Sheriff's Officer Douglas Baker for 6 days. The record states that Baker engaged in off-duty intoxicated, aggressive, and disorderly conduct in a public establishment, including harassing patrons and refusing lawful police orders. The sustained charge was conduct unbecoming and discredit to the agency.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 6 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
S/O Douglas Baker was suspended for 6 days after engaging in off-duty intoxicated, aggressive, and disorderly conduct in a public establishment, including harassing patrons and refusing lawful police orders.
Michael Antonucci · Essex County Sheriff's Office · 2025
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Ryan Terry · Essex County Sheriff's Office · 2025
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency
same agency · same year · similar charge category
Bryant Olivo · Rutgers University Police Department · 2025
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit to the Agency
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Amanda Kuchta · Essex County Sheriff's Office · 2024
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee; Incompetency, Inefficiency OR Failure to Perform Duties; ECSO General Order, Traffic Enforcement and…
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Vanessa Cuevas · Essex County Sheriff's Office · 2023
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Violation of Pursuit Policy
same agency · similar sanction outcome
8 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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In 2025, the Essex County Sheriffs Office suspended Sheriff's Officer Douglas Baker for 6 days. The record states that Baker engaged in off-duty intoxicated, aggressive, and disorderly conduct in a public establishment, including harassing patrons and refusing lawful police orders. The sustained charge was conduct unbecoming and discredit to the agency.
Douglas Baker has one major discipline record at Essex County Sheriff's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.