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Paul Hamilton

Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2021

Suspended 6 days2021 · as reported

Officer Paul Hamilton was suspended for 6 days by the Newark Police Department in 2021. Hamilton was arrested on a bench warrant issued for his failure to respond to court to answer a complaint for improper use of personal checks. The sustained charges were not reported.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2021[1]

Suspended 6 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not provided
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Hamilton was suspended for 6 days after he was arrested for a bench warrant issued for his failure to respond to court to answer a complaint for improper use of personal checks.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Dwayne Mays · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 15 days

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  • Carlos Barthelemy · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 6 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Tigee Pagan · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 15 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Gregory Gourgue · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 27 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Stephanie Marte · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 8 days

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Other officers at Newark Police Department

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

All 74 at the Newark Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$0.00
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$0.00
Final salary basis
$125,182
Retired
September 2023
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
21 years, 5 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 Paul Hamilton's major discipline record?

Officer Paul Hamilton was suspended for 6 days by the Newark Police Department in 2021. Hamilton was arrested on a bench warrant issued for his failure to respond to court to answer a complaint for improper use of personal checks. The sustained charges were not reported.

What is Paul Hamilton's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?

Paul Hamilton has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Paul Hamilton's pension on record?

Paul Hamilton's reported monthly pension allowance is $0.00, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Paul Hamilton has 21 years, 5 months of reported service.

How large is Newark Police Department, the department Paul Hamilton worked for?

Newark Police Department reported 1,119 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Paul Hamilton individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2552. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 352456 (member 44336158), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.