Officer Gregory Gourgue was suspended for 27 days by the Newark Police Department in 2021. While off duty and driving in Newark, Gourgue ignored police officers' orders to stop and drove around a motor vehicle accident. A check of his driver's license revealed an active warrant for his arrest tied to unaddressed motor vehicle summonses. Gourgue resigned prior to his administrative hearing.
Officer Gorgue was indefinitely suspended on 7/28/21-8/27/21: while off duty and driving in Newark, he ignored police officers' orders to stop and drove around a motor vehicle accident. A check of his drivers license revealed an active warrant for his arrest due to motor vehicle summonses that he had not addressed. Officer Gourgue resigned prior to administrative hearing.
Officer Gregory Gourgue was suspended for 16 days by the Newark Police Department in 2021. Gourgue failed to notify the department that, while off duty, he was stopped by an outside police department for driving while suspended. He resigned prior to his administrative hearing. The sustained charges were not reported.
Officer Gourgue was suspended 16 days. The officer failed to notify the department that while off-duty he was stopped by an outside police department for driving while suspended. Officer Gourgue resigned prior to his administrative hearing
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Gregory Gourgue's major discipline record?
Gourgue has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, all from 2021. The records include a suspension.
What is Gregory Gourgue's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Gregory Gourgue has 2 major discipline records at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Gregory Gourgue 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 Gregory Gourgue individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2548. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2556. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]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/. ↩