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Prince Rankin

Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2022

Suspended 10 days2022 · as reported

Officer Prince Rankin received a 10-day suspension from the Newark Police Department in 2022 for conduct in public and private and association with the criminal element. According to the department, Rankin engaged in a dating relationship with a woman knowing that she was engaged in illegal activity.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
PO (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Conduct in Public/ Private
  • Association w/ Criminal Element
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Rankin was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; conduct in public and private, and association with the criminal element. Office Rankin engaged in a dating relationship with a female knowing that she was engaged in illegal activity.

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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

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Questions and answers

What is a summary of Prince Rankin's major discipline record?

Officer Prince Rankin received a 10-day suspension from the Newark Police Department in 2022 for conduct in public and private and association with the criminal element. According to the department, Rankin engaged in a dating relationship with a woman knowing that she was engaged in illegal activity.

What is Prince Rankin's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?

Prince Rankin has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is Newark Police Department, the department Prince Rankin 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 Prince Rankin individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2171. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]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/.