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Rutgers University Police Department · 1 record · 2025
Suspended 30 days2025 · as reported
Rutgers University PD reported that Officer Cole, while off-duty, negligently stored his personal firearm in his personal vehicle, which contributed to the theft of the firearm. Cole reported the theft but did not complete departmental notifications within the appropriate timeframe. He received a 30 day suspension for the departmental rule violation.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Cole, in an off-duty capacity, negligently stored his personal firearm in his personal vehicle, which contributed to the theft of the firearm. While Officer Cole did report the theft of his firearm, he did not complete departmental notifications in the appropriate timeframe.
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Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit to the Agency
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Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Other Departmental Rule Violation
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Jason Castillo · Rutgers University Police Department · 2024
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Intoxication Off Duty, Obedience to Laws, Impair the Operation of the Department
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Oscar Torres · Rutgers University Police Department · 2023
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Standards of Conduct
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Oscar Torres · Rutgers University Police Department · 2023
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Standards of Conduct
same agency · similar sanction outcome
6 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Nasir Cole, Rutgers University Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/nasir-cole-rutgers-university-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Rutgers University PD reported that Officer Cole, while off-duty, negligently stored his personal firearm in his personal vehicle, which contributed to the theft of the firearm. Cole reported the theft but did not complete departmental notifications within the appropriate timeframe. He received a 30 day suspension for the departmental rule violation.
Nasir Cole has one major discipline record at Rutgers University Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Nasir Cole's reported base salary is $70,449, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Nasir Cole has 4 years, 9 months of reported service.
Rutgers University Police Department reported 77 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Nasir Cole individually.