Officer Jonathan Librizzi was suspended for 8 days and received a monetary penalty from the Garfield Police Department. On November 19, 2023, while off-duty, Librizzi committed criminal mischief by knowingly damaging the property of another, striking the screen of a drive-through ATM machine and causing damage. The department reported that he did not immediately contact the Garfield Police Department or the department in the jurisdiction where the damage occurred. On December 5, 2023, he was charged with fourth-degree Criminal Mischief, a charge later dismissed in Municipal Court.
On November 19, 2023, while off-duty, Officer Jonathan Librizzi committed the act of Criminal Mischief by knowingly damaging tangible property of another, specifically by striking the screen of a drive through ATM machine, causing damages. Officer Librizzi did not immediately contact the Garfield Police Department nor the Police Department in the jurisidiciton where the damages were caused to advise either department of the incident. The incident was brought to the attention of the Garfield Police Department on November 27, 2023 by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Confidential Investigations Unit. On December 5, 2023 Officer Librizzi was charged with 2C:17-3A (1), Criminal Mischief, in the Fourth Degree. The charge was later dismissed in Municipal Court.
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Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming an Officer; Neglect of Duty; Failure to immediately report a Theft of a Firearm; Failure to safely secure a Firearm
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What is a summary of Jonathan Librizzi's major discipline record?
Officer Jonathan Librizzi was suspended for 8 days and received a monetary penalty from the Garfield Police Department. On November 19, 2023, while off-duty, Librizzi committed criminal mischief by knowingly damaging the property of another, striking the screen of a drive-through ATM machine and causing damage. The department reported that he did not immediately contact the Garfield Police Department or the department in the jurisdiction where the damage occurred. On December 5, 2023, he was charged with fourth-degree Criminal Mischief, a charge later dismissed in Municipal Court.
What is Jonathan Librizzi's major discipline record at Garfield Police Department?
Jonathan Librizzi has one major discipline record at Garfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Jonathan Librizzi's base salary on record?
Jonathan Librizzi's reported base salary is $170,724, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Jonathan Librizzi has 12 years of reported service.
How large is Garfield Police Department, the department Jonathan Librizzi worked for?
Garfield Police Department reported 69 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Jonathan Librizzi individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 877. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 231890, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8150. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩