Major discipline · 2022[1]
TerminatedSuspended 107 days- Rank as reported
- Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Criminal Acts; Conduct; Obedience to Laws, Regulations, and Orders: Truthfulness; a Public Employee
- Separated while IA pending
- not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Police Officer Joseph Ross was terminated and suspended for 107 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022. The department reported that Ross was involved in a motor vehicle accident in a marked radio car, did not report the accident at the time, and later filed a false police report stating that the vehicle was parked and struck at a different location. He entered a plea of guilty and has been forever barred from holding any law enforcement office in New Jersey.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Police Officer Joseph Ross was involved in a motor vehicle accident in a marked radio car. Officer J. Ross didn't report the accident at the time. Officer J. Ross later filed a false police report stating that the vehicle was parked and struck at a different location. P.O. J. Ross entered a plea of guilty and has been forever barred from holding any law enforcement office or position of honor, trust or profit within the State of New Jersey.