Suspended 10 daysSeparated while IA pending2024 · as reported
The Collingswood Police Department reported that Detective Nicole Berry did not arrive for her scheduled work day on May 15, 2023, and attempts to locate her were unsuccessful until that afternoon. Berry said she had advised her supervisor by text but did not obtain authorization to use a sick day. The 2024 record sustained charges of insubordination, abuse of sick time, and failure to report for duty. Berry received a 10-day suspension and separated while the investigation was pending.
On 05/15/2023 Det. Nicole Berry #87 did not arrive for her scheduled work day. During the morning attempts to laocate Detective Berry were unsuccessful until that afternoon. Det. Berry indicated that she advised her supervisor, via text but did not obtain authorization from the supervisor to use a sick day for that day.
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Other officers at Collingswood Police Department
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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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Nicole Berry's major discipline record?
The Collingswood Police Department reported that Detective Nicole Berry did not arrive for her scheduled work day on May 15, 2023, and attempts to locate her were unsuccessful until that afternoon. Berry said she had advised her supervisor by text but did not obtain authorization to use a sick day. The 2024 record sustained charges of insubordination, abuse of sick time, and failure to report for duty. Berry received a 10-day suspension and separated while the investigation was pending.
What is Nicole Berry's major discipline record at Collingswood Police Department?
Nicole Berry has one major discipline record at Collingswood Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Collingswood Police Department, the department Nicole Berry worked for?
Collingswood Police Department reported 22 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Nicole Berry individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1015. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8244. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩