Major discipline · 2025[1]
Separated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Lieutenant
- Sustained charge(s)
- See description
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Lieutenant Kamil Warraich was the subject of multiple Asbury Park Police Department internal affairs investigations in 2025. Sustained findings included posting a confidential internal affairs complaint form on social media, attending events while on extended sick leave, failing to search and secure an arrestee and activate his body worn camera, disseminating a privileged email, and a conviction for Driving While Intoxicated and Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test in Weehawkin. Warraich retired from the department while the matters were pending.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Lt. Warraich was the subject of multiple internal affairs investigations which resulted in findings that he violated various Asbury Park Police Department and Attorney General rules and regulations by the following: (1) posting a confidential internal affairs complaint form on his social media account; (2) attending multiple personal and public events while on extended sick leave from work; (3) failing to properly and thoroughly search an arrestee in his custody who was not handcuffed during transport, failing to properly secure the arrestee with a seatbelt, and failing to activate his body worn camera during the encounter; (4) disseminating a privileged email in violation of a Superior Court Order; (5) making a false complaint and false public statements that a sign affixed to a tree outside APPD headquarters was racist; (6) being convicted of Driving While Intoxicated and Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test in Weehawkin, NJ while off-duty and making false statements to the officers during his arrest; and (7) failing to obey a lawful order to appear for and cooperate with an internal affairs interview regarding his arrest in Weehawkin, NJ. Lt. Warraich retired from APPD while these matters were pending.