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.
Obedience to Laws, Regulations, and Orders: Truthfulness
a Public Employee
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
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.
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Other officers at Jersey City Police Department
73 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Joseph Ross's major discipline record?
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.
What is Joseph Ross's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?
Joseph Ross has one major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Joseph Ross's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Joseph Ross's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2022.
How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department Joseph Ross 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 Joseph Ross individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2214. 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/. ↩