Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 113 daysSeparated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Performance of Duty
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Hassan Edwards was suspended for 113 days by the Plainfield Police Department and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. The record states Edwards was charged with third-degree theft by deception after creating a false impression that he was entitled to Paycheck Protection Program relief, submitting an application and a purported tax form for a business that did not exist. He received $20,495, then applied for loan forgiveness. Edwards resigned on 19 September 2024 after PTI acceptance.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Hassan Edwards was charged with 2C:20-4-Theft by Deception, a third-degree crime. Officer Edwards created a false impession that he was entitled to relief from Federal Government's Paycheck Protection Program. He submitted a program application and a purported tax form stating he operated a business entitled to relief when no such business existed. After receiving $20,495 from the program, he submitted another application for loan forgiveness stating that the money received had gone to pay expenses for the fictitious business. Officer Edwards was suspended on 15 April 2024, pending the outcome of criminal charges. On 19 September 2024, Officer Edwards resigned after PTI acceptance.