Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Police Officer Richard Ciaccia was suspended for 45 days by the Delaware River Port Authority Police Department. In July 2023, it was determined that Ciaccia failed to follow orders from his supervisor and frequented a coffee shop for approximately 8.5 hours during the month. He reported that he was conducting property checks of critical infrastructure despite not conducting them. Ciaccia was found to be negligent and insubordinate and to have filed false reports about his whereabouts and activity; the matter was finalized in arbitration in 2025.
In July 2023 it was determined that Officer Ciaccia failed to follow orders given by his supervisor. Officer Ciaccia was found to have ignored lawful orders and frequented a coffee shop for approximately 8.5 hours during the month of July. While at the coffee shop Officer Ciaccia reported that he was conducting property checks of critical infrastructure despite not conducting them. Officer Ciaccia was found to be negligent, insubordinate and filed false reports regarding his whereabouts and activity during this time. This matter was finalized in arbitration in 2025.
Compensation and pension
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Similar records
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Richard Ciaccia's major discipline record?
Police Officer Richard Ciaccia was suspended for 45 days by the Delaware River Port Authority Police Department. In July 2023, it was determined that Ciaccia failed to follow orders from his supervisor and frequented a coffee shop for approximately 8.5 hours during the month. He reported that he was conducting property checks of critical infrastructure despite not conducting them. Ciaccia was found to be negligent and insubordinate and to have filed false reports about his whereabouts and activity; the matter was finalized in arbitration in 2025.
What is Richard Ciaccia's major discipline record at Delaware River Port Authority?
Richard Ciaccia has one major discipline record at Delaware River Port Authority in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Richard Ciaccia's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Richard Ciaccia at Delaware River Port Authority.
How large is Delaware River Port Authority, the department Richard Ciaccia worked for?
Delaware River Port Authority reported 122 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Richard Ciaccia individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 244. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8642. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩