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Richard Ciaccia

Delaware River Port Authority · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 45 days2025 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 45 days
Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • False Reports
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Richard Ridolfi · Delaware River Port Authority · 2025

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Emerson Lewis · Delaware River Port Authority · 2025

    Demoted

    Sustained charge(s): Failure to Supervise, Neglect of Duty, Conduct Unbecoming a Law Enforcement Officer

    same agency · same year · similar charge category

  • Brian Reed · Delaware River Port Authority · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Conduct Unbecoming, Mishandling of Evidence and Property, Failure to Investigate

    same agency · same year · similar charge category

  • Julian Cuellar · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Relief, Performance of Duty, Neglect of Duty, Body Worn Camera

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  • Bria Hill · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 60 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination, Uniform Policy, Neglect of Duty, Truthfulness

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Other officers at Delaware River Port Authority

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

All 10 at the Delaware River Port Authority page

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 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.

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. [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. [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/. ↩