Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 44 days2023 · as reported
Officer Mendieta engaged in a domestic violence dispute that escalated into a physical altercation and resulted in his arrest. Newark PD sustained a criminal law charge and suspended Mendieta for 44 days in 2023.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 44 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Mendieta engaged in a Domestic Violence dispute that rapidly escalated into a physical altercation resulting in his arrest.
Erica Donald · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 9 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Aleem Johnson · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty & Loafing on Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jose Cruz · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders, Handling of Firearms, Conduct in Public or Private & Police Image
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Alonso Vinueza · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Richard Pacelli · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
74 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Officer Mendieta engaged in a domestic violence dispute that escalated into a physical altercation and resulted in his arrest. Newark PD sustained a criminal law charge and suspended Mendieta for 44 days in 2023.
Ricardo Mendieta has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Ricardo Mendieta's reported base salary is $91,800, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Ricardo Mendieta has 3 years, 8 months of reported service.
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 Ricardo Mendieta individually.