Patrolman James Still was terminated by the Hopatcong Police Department in 2024. The Sussex County Prosecutor's Office charged Still with aggravated assault stemming from an interaction with a defendant during a DWI investigation. As part of a plea deal, Still pleaded guilty to simple assault, a reduced charge, in Sussex County Superior Court. He forfeited his job and any future law enforcement employment in the State of New Jersey. The sustained charge was excessive force.
The Sussex County Prosecutor's Office charged Ptl. Still with Aggravated Assault stemming from an interaction with a defendant during a DWI investigation. As part of his plea deal with the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office, Ptl. Still pleaded guilty to Simple Assault (a reduced charge) in Sussex County Superior Court. Ptl Still forfeited his job and any future Law Enforcement employment in the State of New Jersey.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of James Still's major discipline record?
Patrolman James Still was terminated by the Hopatcong Police Department in 2024. The Sussex County Prosecutor's Office charged Still with aggravated assault stemming from an interaction with a defendant during a DWI investigation. As part of a plea deal, Still pleaded guilty to simple assault, a reduced charge, in Sussex County Superior Court. He forfeited his job and any future law enforcement employment in the State of New Jersey. The sustained charge was excessive force.
What is James Still's major discipline record at Hopatcong Police Department?
James Still has one major discipline record at Hopatcong Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does James Still's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of James Still's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Hopatcong Police Department, the department James Still worked for?
Hopatcong Police Department reported 29 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about James Still individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1429. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8593. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩