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Jersey City Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Suspended 5 days2024 · as reported
In 2024, Jersey City PD sustained a charge against Sergeant Joseph Sandwith for obedience to laws, regulations, and orders. The record states Sandwith failed to conduct a proper search of an arrestee, placing him in a holding cell at B.C.I. without being searched. Sandwith was suspended for 5 days.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 5 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sgt. J. Sandwith failed to conduct a proper search of an arrestee placing him in a holding cell at B.C.I without being searched.
Eric Miller · Jersey City Police Department · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Obedience to Laws,Regulations and Orders,Cooperation,Conduct.
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Kevin Osorio · Jersey City Police Department · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty,Conduct,Obedience to Laws,Regulations and Orders.
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jabril Cason · Jersey City Police Department · 2024
Suspended 45 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct,Conduct Unbecoming an Officer,Responsibilities in General,Traffic Laws,Obedience to Laws,Regulations and Orders.
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Travis Hernandez · Jersey City Police Department · 2024
Suspended 90 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive Absenteeism,Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Anthony Holley · Jersey City Police Department · 2024
Suspended 5 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct,Courtesy.
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
73 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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In 2024, Jersey City PD sustained a charge against Sergeant Joseph Sandwith for obedience to laws, regulations, and orders. The record states Sandwith failed to conduct a proper search of an arrestee, placing him in a holding cell at B.C.I. without being searched. Sandwith was suspended for 5 days.
Joseph Sandwith has one major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Joseph Sandwith's reported base salary is $128,763, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Joseph Sandwith has 21 years, 4 months of reported service.
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 Sandwith individually.