While off duty, Officer Gissel Garcia operated her personal motor vehicle and caused an accident that damaged a utility pole, then left her vehicle at the scene and did not report the accident, the Atlantic City Police Department reported. Waterford Township Police later encountered Garcia and issued traffic summonses, and she was found guilty of failure to report an accident and careless driving. The department sustained charges of Standards of Conduct and Obedience to Laws and Regulations, and Garcia was suspended for 25 days.
Standards of Conduct & Obedience to Laws & Regulations
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
While off-duty, Officer Garcia operated her personal motor vehicle, causing a motor vehicle accident which resulted in damage to a utility pole. Officer Garcia left her vehicle at the scene and did not report the accident. Waterford Township Police later encountered Officer Garcia and issued traffic summonses to her. Officer Garcia was subsequently found guilty of the following traffic offenses; failure to report an accident and careless driving. Officer Garcia was suspended 25 days.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Gissel Garcia's major discipline record?
While off duty, Officer Gissel Garcia operated her personal motor vehicle and caused an accident that damaged a utility pole, then left her vehicle at the scene and did not report the accident, the Atlantic City Police Department reported. Waterford Township Police later encountered Garcia and issued traffic summonses, and she was found guilty of failure to report an accident and careless driving. The department sustained charges of Standards of Conduct and Obedience to Laws and Regulations, and Garcia was suspended for 25 days.
What is Gissel Garcia's major discipline record at Atlantic City Police Department?
Gissel Garcia has one major discipline record at Atlantic City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Atlantic City Police Department, the department Gissel Garcia worked for?
Atlantic City Police Department reported 295 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Gissel Garcia individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1465. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8112. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩