Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Plainfield Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Suspended 35 days2024 · as reported
Officer John Evans was suspended for 35 days by the Plainfield Police Department after a sustained set of charges that included chain of command, performance of duty, obedience to laws and orders, and managing sick leave. The record states Evans was suspended for 280 hours for abusing sick time.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 35 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer John Evans was suspended for 280 hours for abusing sick time.
Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.
Jason Pardo · Plainfield Police Department · 2025
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive Force
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Michael Martinez · Plainfield Police Department · 2023
Suspended (days not reported)Sustained charge(s): Indictable Offenses
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Amber Williams · Plainfield Police Department · 2023
Suspended 7 daysSustained charge(s): Performance of Duty, Obedience to Laws, Ordinances Rules and General Orders, Insubordination, Managing Sick Leave
same agency · similar sanction outcome
William Guy · Plainfield Police Department · 2022
Suspended 107 daysSustained charge(s): Truthfulness
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Chanel Johnson · Plainfield Police Department · 2022
Suspended 125 daysSustained charge(s): 217-1 Excessive Noise
same agency · similar sanction outcome
8 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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Police Transparency NJ, "John Evans, Plainfield Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/john-evans-plainfield-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Officer John Evans was suspended for 35 days by the Plainfield Police Department after a sustained set of charges that included chain of command, performance of duty, obedience to laws and orders, and managing sick leave. The record states Evans was suspended for 280 hours for abusing sick time.
John Evans has one major discipline record at Plainfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Plainfield Police Department reported 128 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 Evans individually.