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Erica Donald

Newark Police Department · 2 records · 2023, 2025

Suspended 8 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

Donald has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Disobedience of Orders; Neglect of Duty, Assistance to Citizens, Bound by Duty and Response to a Call.

Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2025

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

2 records, 2023 to 2025

Major discipline records reported for Erica Donald, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20231Suspension
20240No record published
20251Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 8 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Assigned to handle a stolen vehicle report in 2025, Officer Donald failed to provide the civilian caller with the necessary assistance, disregarding duty responsibilities. Newark PD sustained charges of neglect of duty, assistance to citizens, bound by duty and response to a call. Donald received an 8-day suspension.

Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Assistance to Citizens
  • Bound by Duty and Response to a Call.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Donald was assigned to handle a stolen vehicle report but failed to provide the civilian caller with the necessary assistance, disregarding duty responsibilities.

Major discipline · 2023[2]

Suspended 9 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Donald became argumentative and belligerent when corrected by her supervisor. She then engaged in a verbal dispute with another officer and tried to instigate a physical altercation. Newark PD sustained a charge of disobedience of orders and suspended Donald for 9 days in 2023.

Rank as reported
PO (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Disobedience of Orders
Separated while IA pending
not reported

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Donald became argumentative and belligerent when corrected by her supervisor. Subsequently, she engaged in a verbal dispute with another officer and tried to instigate a physical altercation.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Xavier Haywood · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Acts of Insubordination, Neglect of Duty, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee and Disobedience of Orders

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Xaviel Pimentel · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 7 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty , Disobedience of Orders

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Felipe Ramirez · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 51 days

    Sustained charge(s): Report a Crime, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, and Neglect of Duty

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Robkeerah Sampson · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination, Neglect of Duty and Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Subrinah Snorton · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 8 days

    Sustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders, Neglect of Duty and Punctuality

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Newark Police Department

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

All 74 at the Newark Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$82,896
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
3 years, 4 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Erica Donald's major discipline record?

Donald has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Disobedience of Orders; Neglect of Duty, Assistance to Citizens, Bound by Duty and Response to a Call.

What is Erica Donald's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?

Erica Donald has 2 major discipline records at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Erica Donald's base salary on record?

Erica Donald's reported base salary is $82,896, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Erica Donald has 3 years, 4 months of reported service.

How large is Newark Police Department, the department Erica Donald 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 Erica Donald individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 317. 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 1663. 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 317. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 317, 1663.
  4. [4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218239, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  5. [5]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/.