Detective Nicholas Maresca was suspended for 10 days by the Hopatcong Police Department in 2022 for insubordination. Maresca, assigned as a school resource officer and juvenile detective in Hopatcong Borough schools, objected to COVID testing that was later increased to twice a week. On December 9, 2021, after a supervisor confirmed the testing applied to him, Maresca responded with a profane remark and demanded to be returned to patrol. He was suspended pending a fitness for duty evaluation, which he passed, and the charge was sustained after a full administrative hearing.
Detective Maresca was assigned to school resource officer and juvenile detective in Hopatcong Borough schools. Detective Maresca had objections to being tested for COVID on a weekly basis and with the test being used. Later in the school year testing was changed to twice a week. On December 9, 2021, after a supervisor confirmed that the twice a week testing also applies to him he stated the following to the supervisor: "Go f--- the officer rself, and shove the detectives stipend up the officer r ass, advise the Captain to put me back in patrol on Monday". Immediately suspended pending fitness for duty which he passed. Full administrative hearing was conducted. The charge was sustained with a 10 day loss of pay.
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What is a summary of Nicholas Maresca's major discipline record?
Detective Nicholas Maresca was suspended for 10 days by the Hopatcong Police Department in 2022 for insubordination. Maresca, assigned as a school resource officer and juvenile detective in Hopatcong Borough schools, objected to COVID testing that was later increased to twice a week. On December 9, 2021, after a supervisor confirmed the testing applied to him, Maresca responded with a profane remark and demanded to be returned to patrol. He was suspended pending a fitness for duty evaluation, which he passed, and the charge was sustained after a full administrative hearing.
What is Nicholas Maresca's major discipline record at Hopatcong Police Department?
Nicholas Maresca has one major discipline record at Hopatcong Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Nicholas Maresca's pension on record?
Nicholas Maresca's reported monthly pension allowance is $6,963.97, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Nicholas Maresca has 25 years of reported service.
How large is Hopatcong Police Department, the department Nicholas Maresca worked for?
Hopatcong Police Department reported 29 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 Maresca individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2385. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 337559 (member 44310668), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8593. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩