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Nicholas Mezzacappa

Freehold Township Police Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 10 days2024 · as reported

Patrolman Nicholas Mezzacappa was suspended for 10 days by the Freehold Township Police Department. On September 6, 2024, while assigned to a traffic diversion detail, Mezzacappa failed to follow a direct order from a superior officer. He was verbally ordered to participate in the traffic detail and verbally refused to do so.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Patrolman (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Obedience to regulations
  • Conduct towards superior officers
  • Police officer responsibilities
  • Refusal to obey orders
  • Performance of duty
  • Conduct subversive to good order
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 09/06/2024, while assigned to a traffic diversion detail, Police Officer Mezzacappa failed to follow a direct order from a superior officer while in the performance of his duties. Mezzacappa was verbally ordered to participate in the traffic detail and verbally refused to do so.

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Other officers at Freehold Township Police Department

4 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$75,430
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
5 years, 3 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Nicholas Mezzacappa's major discipline record?

Patrolman Nicholas Mezzacappa was suspended for 10 days by the Freehold Township Police Department. On September 6, 2024, while assigned to a traffic diversion detail, Mezzacappa failed to follow a direct order from a superior officer. He was verbally ordered to participate in the traffic detail and verbally refused to do so.

What is Nicholas Mezzacappa's major discipline record at Freehold Township Police Department?

Nicholas Mezzacappa has one major discipline record at Freehold Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Nicholas Mezzacappa's base salary on record?

Nicholas Mezzacappa's reported base salary is $75,430, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Nicholas Mezzacappa has 5 years, 3 months of reported service.

How large is Freehold Township Police Department, the department Nicholas Mezzacappa worked for?

Freehold Township Police Department reported 73 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 Mezzacappa individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1192. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 240279, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8431. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩