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Lukasz Chmielewski

Garfield Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Officer Lukasz Chmielewski was suspended for 7 days and received a written reprimand from the Garfield Police Department. On September 5, 2024, while off-duty and driving his personal vehicle, Chmielewski was involved in a traffic incident in Garfield in which he committed multiple Title 39 motor vehicle violations. The department reported that he failed to report the incident to the Garfield Police Department, did not call 9-1-1, and did not notify a supervisor of his involvement.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 7 days
Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • a public employee
  • Action Off-Duty
  • All Other Conduct
Other sanction
Written reprimand or written warning
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On September 5th, 2024, while off-duty, Officer Lukasz Chmielewski was involved in a traffic incident within the City of Garfield while utilizing his personal vehicle. During the incident, Officer Chmielewski committed multiple Title 39 motor vehicle violations and placed himself and others in danger while driving in a dangerous manner. Officer Chmielewski failed to report the incident to the Garfield Police Department nor did he call 9-1-1. Officer Chmielewski also failed to notify a supervisor within the Garfield Police Department of his involvement in the incident.

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Other officers at Garfield Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$72,297
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
7 years, 10 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Lukasz Chmielewski's major discipline record?

Officer Lukasz Chmielewski was suspended for 7 days and received a written reprimand from the Garfield Police Department. On September 5, 2024, while off-duty and driving his personal vehicle, Chmielewski was involved in a traffic incident in Garfield in which he committed multiple Title 39 motor vehicle violations. The department reported that he failed to report the incident to the Garfield Police Department, did not call 9-1-1, and did not notify a supervisor of his involvement.

What is Lukasz Chmielewski's major discipline record at Garfield Police Department?

Lukasz Chmielewski has one major discipline record at Garfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Lukasz Chmielewski's base salary on record?

Lukasz Chmielewski's reported base salary is $72,297, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Lukasz Chmielewski has 7 years, 10 months of reported service.

How large is Garfield Police Department, the department Lukasz Chmielewski worked for?

Garfield Police Department reported 69 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Lukasz Chmielewski individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 75. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 231867, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8150. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩