Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
East Orange Police Department · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 10 days2023 · as reported
Sergeant John Bocchino received a 10-day suspension and loss of time from the East Orange Police Department for excessive force. On 9/12/2022, Bocchino was observed using profanities and applying a chokehold technique on a male who was handcuffed.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
On 9/12/2022 Sergeant Bocchino was observed using profanities and applying a chokehold technique on a male that was hand cuffed.
Michael Rathjen · Burlington County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 55 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive force
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Kendrick Hamlett · East Orange Police Department · 2023
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Failure to perform duties; Neglect of Duty; Inability to perform duties
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Ameen Hooper · East Orange Police Department · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect Of Duty; Performance of Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Antoine Buggs · East Orange Police Department · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael DiGuglielmo · East Orange Police Department · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty; Other sufficient cause "Truthfulness"; Operation of Motor Vehicles
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
10 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Sergeant John Bocchino received a 10-day suspension and loss of time from the East Orange Police Department for excessive force. On 9/12/2022, Bocchino was observed using profanities and applying a chokehold technique on a male who was handcuffed.
John Bocchino has one major discipline record at East Orange Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
East Orange Police Department reported 171 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about John Bocchino individually.