Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2022
Terminated2022 · as reported
Sergeant John Formisano was terminated by the Newark Police Department in 2022 following a conviction of a crime and charges of conduct in public and in private. According to the department, Formisano used his police-issued service weapon during a domestic violence incident to shoot two people, killing one.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
TerminatedSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sgt. Formisano was terminated for criminal law, , and conduct in public and in private. Sgt. Formisano utilized his police issued service weapon in a domestic violence incident to shoot two people, killing one.
Terrence Best · Newark Police Department · 2022
Suspended 53 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of orders
same agency · same year
Tiasha Wright · Newark Police Department · 2022
TerminatedSuspended 489 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Disobedience of Orders
same agency · same year
Elvis Lugardo · Newark Police Department · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Leaving assigned post
same agency · same year
Frank Rodriguez · Newark Police Department · 2022
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive force, Disobedience to Orders
same agency · same year
Glen Green · Newark Police Department · 2022
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience to Orders
same agency · same year
74 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 Formisano was terminated by the Newark Police Department in 2022 following a conviction of a crime and charges of conduct in public and in private. According to the department, Formisano used his police-issued service weapon during a domestic violence incident to shoot two people, killing one.
John Formisano has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Yes. At least one of John Formisano's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2022.
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 John Formisano individually.