Nicholas Della Fera

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Patrol Officer Nicholas Della Fera was suspended for 45 days by the Franklin Borough Police Department in 2024. The record states that on February 23, 2024, Della Fera conducted a motor vehicle stop, cleared without addressing a registration suspension flagged by a supervisor, provided false information about the vehicle registration and modified the Computer-Aided Dispatch entry to match his statement. As part of a settlement he pled guilty to a reports rule; the suspension included a 30-day forfeiture of accrued time and 15 days held in abeyance.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 2/23/24, while on duty, Officer Della Fera conducted a motor vehicle stop due to an inoperable headlight. The on-duty supervisor determined that the vehicle registration was also suspended and notified Officer Della Fera of the additional violation via mobile data terminal message. Officer Della Fera subsequently cleared from the stop without addressing the suspension violation and stated to his supervisor that the vehicle registration he initially reported to dispatch during the stop did not correspond to the actual vehicle he had pulled over. Subsequently, it was determined that Officer Della Fera had provided false information to his supervisor and modified the vehicle registration listed in the Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) entry to match his false statement. Following an internal affairs investigation, the above-listed administrative charges against Officer Della Fera were sustained. As part of a settlement agreement with the Borough of Franklin, Della Fera pled guilty to Rule 3:4.3 – Reports and received a 45-day suspension, consisting of a 30-day forfeiture of accrued time and 15 days held in abeyance.