Patrolman Joseph Gamble was suspended for 30 days by the Pleasantville Police Department on a sustained charge of improper use of force. The record states that Gamble violated the Attorney General's guidelines and the department's use of force policy by performing a deadly force knee strike to the head of a male while placing him into custody, in a situation the record says did not warrant that level of force.
Subject officer was found to be in violation of the Attorney General's Guidelines and the Pleasantville Police Departments use of force policy, specifically by, performing a deadly force knee strike to the head of a male while placing same into police custody, and where the suspect male's actions did not warrant said level of force.
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What is a summary of Joseph Gamble's major discipline record?
Patrolman Joseph Gamble was suspended for 30 days by the Pleasantville Police Department on a sustained charge of improper use of force. The record states that Gamble violated the Attorney General's guidelines and the department's use of force policy by performing a deadly force knee strike to the head of a male while placing him into custody, in a situation the record says did not warrant that level of force.
What is Joseph Gamble's major discipline record at Pleasantville Police Department?
Joseph Gamble has one major discipline record at Pleasantville Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Pleasantville Police Department, the department Joseph Gamble worked for?
Pleasantville Police Department reported 43 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Joseph Gamble individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2038. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8124. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩