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Jeanette DeJesus

Newark Police Department · 2 records · 2023, 2025

Suspended 732 daysSeparated while IA pendingmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

DeJesus has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Indictable Offense; Criminal Law, Conduct in Public & Private, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee and Conviction of a Crime.

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 Jeanette DeJesus, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20231Other or not reported
20240No record published
20251Suspension
  • Suspension
  • Other or not reported

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 732 daysSeparated while IA pending

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer DeJesus resigned from Newark PD not in good standing while under indictment for domestic violence-related offenses, weapons charges, and aggravated assault. The incident involved an assault against a person protected under the Domestic Violence Act, during which DeJesus struck the individual with a metal pole and then used a wrench to choke them. The charges were resolved through Pretrial Intervention in Superior Court. The record lists a 732-day suspension, and DeJesus separated while an internal affairs matter was pending.

Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Criminal Law
  • Conduct in Public & Private
  • a Public Employee and
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Resigned – Not in Good Standing: Officer De Jesus resigned from the department while under indictment for domestic violence–related offenses, weapons charges, and aggravated assault. The incident involved an assault against a person protected under the Domestic Violence Act, during which Officer De Jesus allegedly struck the individual with a metal pole and then used a wrench to choke them. The charges were ultimately resolved through Pretrial Intervention (PTI) in Superior Court.

Major discipline · 2023[2]

Other sanction

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer DeJesus was under suspension following an indictment for criminal law offenses related to a domestic violence incident. The charges stem from an incident in which DeJesus used a weapon to choke the victim, resulting in bodily injury. Newark PD sustained an indictable offense charge. The length of any suspension was not reported.

Rank as reported
PO (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Indictable Offense
Separated while IA pending
not reported

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer DeJesus has been under suspension, following an indictment for Criminal Law Offenses related to a Domestic Violence incident. The charges stem from an incident in which DeJesus allegedly used a weapon to choke the victim, resulting in bodily injury.

Similar records

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

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination, Obedience to Orders and Conduct Unbecoming

    same agency · same year

  • Luis Contreras · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Use of Force and Disobedience of Orders

    same agency · same year

  • Erica Donald · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 8 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Assistance to Citizens, Bound by Duty and Response to a Call.

    same agency · same year

  • Alyssa Flores · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct, Language, Performance, Police Image, and Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee

    same agency · same year

  • Luis Garcia · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Guarding Prisoners

    same agency · same year

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

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Jeanette DeJesus's major discipline record?

DeJesus has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Indictable Offense; Criminal Law, Conduct in Public & Private, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee and Conviction of a Crime.

What is Jeanette DeJesus's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?

Jeanette DeJesus 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.

How large is Newark Police Department, the department Jeanette DeJesus 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 Jeanette DeJesus individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 316. 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 1677. 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 316. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 316, 1677.
  4. [4]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/.