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Philip Canning

Belleville Police Department · 1 record · 2021

Suspended 15 days2021 · as reported

In 2021, Belleville PD suspended Patrol Officer Canning for 15 days for insubordination. Canning refused a direct order from a supervisor, according to the record. The agency did not provide the formal sustained charges, and no other sanction was reported.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2021[1]

Suspended 15 days
Rank as reported
Patrol 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

Off. Canning was suspended 15 days for . Officer refused a direct order from a supervisor.

Similar records

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

    Suspended 13 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • John Mailot · Belleville Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 13 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Marco Zarfino · Belleville Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Viloation of "Rules and Regulations" (Standards of Conduct) and Violation of Department "Sick Leave" Policy

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Filiberto Colon · Belleville Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Filiberto Colon · Belleville Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Belleville Police Department

8 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

No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Philip Canning's major discipline record?

In 2021, Belleville PD suspended Patrol Officer Canning for 15 days for insubordination. Canning refused a direct order from a supervisor, according to the record. The agency did not provide the formal sustained charges, and no other sanction was reported.

What is Philip Canning's major discipline record at Belleville Police Department?

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

How large is Belleville Police Department, the department Philip Canning worked for?

Belleville Police Department reported 0 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Philip Canning individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2516. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8286. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.