Officer Rankin was involved in a physical altercation during a dispute concerning child custody with a party protected under the Domestic Violence Act. During the argument, he struck the party on the right arm, causing a bruise and prompting intervention. Rankin was charged with domestic assault. Newark PD sustained a department rules and regulations law violation and suspended him for 154 days in 2025.
Officer Rankin was involved in a physical altercation during a dispute concerning child custody, with a party protected under the Domestic violence Act . During the argument, he allegedly struck the party on the right arm, causing a bruise and concern for their safety and prompting intervention. Based on the findings, Officer Rankin was charged with domestic assault.
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What is a summary of Kenneth Rankin Jr.'s major discipline record?
Officer Rankin was involved in a physical altercation during a dispute concerning child custody with a party protected under the Domestic Violence Act. During the argument, he struck the party on the right arm, causing a bruise and prompting intervention. Rankin was charged with domestic assault. Newark PD sustained a department rules and regulations law violation and suspended him for 154 days in 2025.
What is Kenneth Rankin Jr.'s major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Kenneth Rankin Jr. has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Kenneth Rankin Jr.'s base salary on record?
Kenneth Rankin Jr.'s reported base salary is $77,089, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Kenneth Rankin Jr. has 3 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Kenneth Rankin Jr. worked for?
Newark Police Department reported 1,119 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Kenneth Rankin Jr. individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 327. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218728, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩