Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 30 days- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Separated while IA pending
- not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Kelly Burian received a 30-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2022. The record states that Burian was arrested on March 14, 2021 in Wayne for operating under the influence of liquor or drugs and was found guilty of driving while intoxicated on July 31, 2021. Burian was charged departmentally with conduct unbecoming and other sufficient cause, and received the suspension on January 7, 2022.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Burian was arrested on March 14, 2021 in the city of Wayne NJ for Operating under the influence of liquor or drugs. On July 31, 2021, Officer Burian was found guilty of Driving While Intoxicated. On August 10, 2021 Sgt. Zapata from internal Affairs completed his departmental investigation into the charges and on August 17, 2021 Officer Burian was charged departmentally with (a)(6) and N.J.A.C. 4A2-2.3(a)(12) : 39:4-50 operating under the influence of liquor or drugs. On January 7, 2022 Officer Burian received a 30 day suspension.