Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 28 days- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Criminal Mischief Domestic Violence, Multiple Rule Violations
- Other sanction
- Loss of time
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Kenneth Reid II was charged on August 7, 2023, with multiple infractions, including domestic violence criminal mischief. The Franklin Township Police Department - Somerset County reported that Reid II failed to notify a supervisor that he was unfit for duty, failed to report an accidental off-duty firearm discharge in 2017, displayed his firearm to someone not in accordance with the law, and handled a firearm unsafely on at least 3 occasions. On March 25, 2024, he pleaded guilty, was suspended for 28 days, and forfeited 117 vacation hours.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On August 7, 2023, Officer Kenneth Reid II was charged with multiple infractions. These included domestic violence criminal mischief that damaged shared property, failing to notify a supervisor that he was unfit for duty, failure to update the department with his current address, failure to report an accidental discharge of a firearm while off-duty (occurred in 2017), displaying his firearm to someone not in accordance with the law, and handling a firearm unsafely on at least 3 occasions. On March 25, 2024, Officer Reid II plead guilty to the above charges and was suspended for 28 days and forfeited 117 vacation hours.