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Plainsboro Township Police Department · 1 record · 2020
Suspended 20 days2020 · as reported
The Plainsboro Township Police Department suspended Patrol Officer Nicholas Fazio for 20 days. The record describes the matter as neglect of duty for multiple occasions of idling while on duty. No formal charge category was reported.
Major discipline · 2020[1]
Suspended 20 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
- Multiple occasions of idling while on duty
Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.
Arthur Gant · Plainsboro Township Police Department · 2020
Suspended 30 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Thomas Newbon · Plainsboro Township Police Department · 2020
DemotedSuspended 30 dayssame agency · same year
Scott Ritter · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020
Suspended 40 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Christopher Leahy · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020
Suspended 30 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Tina Decicco · Atlantic County Corrections · 2020
Suspended 6 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
2 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, "Nicholas Fazio, Plainsboro Township Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/nicholas-fazio-plainsboro-twp-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
The Plainsboro Township Police Department suspended Patrol Officer Nicholas Fazio for 20 days. The record describes the matter as neglect of duty for multiple occasions of idling while on duty. No formal charge category was reported.
Nicholas Fazio has one major discipline record at Plainsboro Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Nicholas Fazio's reported base salary is $131,097, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Nicholas Fazio has 14 years of reported service.
Plainsboro Township Police Department reported 33 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Nicholas Fazio individually.