Major discipline · 2023[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Disparaging comments regarding protected personal characteristics; Harassment in the Workplace; Standards of Conduct; Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules and Directives; Conduct toward other department employees.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Matthew Dobrowolski voiced a racial epithet while in the presence of other Montclair police officers during an off-duty PBA social event in March 2022. A hearing officer sustained the administrative charges, which included harassment in the workplace and disparaging comments regarding protected personal characteristics, and recommended his removal. The Montclair PD terminated Dobrowolski.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Dobrowolski was terminated for being found to have voiced a racial epithet. This occurred while in the presence of other Montclair Police Officers during an off-duty PBA social event in March-2022. A hearing officer sustained the administrative charges against Officer Dobrowolski with a recommendation that he be removed and terminated from his position as a Montclair Police Officer.