In 2024, Jersey City PD sustained charges against Police Officer John Mack for prohibited activities on duty, responsibilities in general, and obedience to laws. According to the record, on 12/25/23 Mack failed to arrest an actor at a domestic violence scene where the victim exhibited obvious signs of injury and was not prepared with a Victim Notification form. His behavior toward his supervisor was insolent and disrespectful, and he failed to activate his body-worn camera or submit a call log. Mack was suspended for 30 days.
On 12/25/23 P.O. J. Mack # 1970 failed to arrest an actor at a Domestic Violence scene where the victim exhibited obvious signs of injury and he was not prepared with a Victim Notification form. P.O. J. Macks behavior towards his Supervisor upon being ordered to follow appropriate procedures was insolent and disrespectful. Also he failed to activate his BWC and did not submit a call log at the end of his tour; as required.
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Police Transparency NJ, "John Mack, Jersey City Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/john-mack-jersey-city-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of John Mack's major discipline record?
In 2024, Jersey City PD sustained charges against Police Officer John Mack for prohibited activities on duty, responsibilities in general, and obedience to laws. According to the record, on 12/25/23 Mack failed to arrest an actor at a domestic violence scene where the victim exhibited obvious signs of injury and was not prepared with a Victim Notification form. His behavior toward his supervisor was insolent and disrespectful, and he failed to activate his body-worn camera or submit a call log. Mack was suspended for 30 days.
What is John Mack's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?
John Mack has one major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department John Mack worked for?
Jersey City Police Department reported 799 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 Mack individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1114. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8343. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩