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Mountainside Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Demoted2024 · as reported
On June 11, 2024, Corporal Hussey refused to respond to a dispatched assignment to transport a mental health screener to aid a citizen having a mental health crisis. The record states he refused the lawful order two additional times after it was restated by senior ranking officers. Mountainside PD demoted Hussey. The sustained charge was Insubordination and Disobeying an Order.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
DemotedSynopsis as reported by the agency
On June 11, 2024, Corporal Hussey refused to respond to a dispatched assignment where he was detailed to transport a mental health screener to aid a citizen having a mental health crisis. Corporal Hussey refused this lawful order two additional times after it was restated and reinforced by senior ranking officers.
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One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Nicholas Hussey, Mountainside Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/nicholas-hussey-mountainside-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
On June 11, 2024, Corporal Hussey refused to respond to a dispatched assignment to transport a mental health screener to aid a citizen having a mental health crisis. The record states he refused the lawful order two additional times after it was restated by senior ranking officers. Mountainside PD demoted Hussey. The sustained charge was Insubordination and Disobeying an Order.
Nicholas Hussey has one major discipline record at Mountainside Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Nicholas Hussey's reported base salary is $102,563, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Nicholas Hussey has 7 years, 3 months of reported service.
Mountainside Police Department reported 23 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 Hussey individually.