3:1.1 Standards of Conduct and Nutley Police Policy Body Worn Cameras
Other sanction
Training coaching or counseling
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer John Mecka of the Nutley Police Department made a variety of unprofessional remarks while assisting with an investigation. Mecka also made a statement implying that a superior officer had a diminished mental capacity, and he deactivated his body worn camera before the incident concluded. He received an eight-day suspension. The record also lists training, coaching, or counseling as an additional sanction.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Mecka, while assisting with an investigation, proceeded to make a variety of unprofessional remarks. Officer Mecka also made a statement implying that a superior officer had a diminished mental capacity, and he deactivated his body worn camera prior to the incidents conclusion. Officer Mecka was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action imposing an eight-day suspension.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1079. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 228436, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩