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Richard Donan

Jersey City Police Department · 1 record · 2022

Suspended 15 days2022 · as reported

Police Officer Richard Donan was suspended for 15 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022 on sustained charges of conduct and conduct unbecoming a public employee. The department reported that Donan pulled the victim by the hair during a domestic dispute and, on another occasion, made multiple calls to the victim and threw a water bottle at her bedroom window.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Suspended 15 days
Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Conduct
  • a Public Employee
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Police Officer Richard Donan pulled the victim by the hair during a domestic dispute and on another occasion made multiple calls to the victim and threw a water bottle at her bedroom window.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Anjoile Nieves · Jersey City Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 75 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct; Intoxicants off duty; Cooperation; Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • David Leon · Jersey City Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct; Obedience to Laws, regulations and Orders.

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Daniel Soto · Jersey City Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Lost Weapon; Care and Use of Firearms; Conduct

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Clarissa Borges · Jersey City Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 0 days

    Sustained charge(s): Obedience to Laws, regulations and Orders.

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malby Almonte · Jersey City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 90 days

    Sustained charge(s): Excessive Absenteeism, Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Jersey City Police Department

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

All 73 at the Jersey City Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$85,000
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
6 years, 6 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Richard Donan's major discipline record?

Police Officer Richard Donan was suspended for 15 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022 on sustained charges of conduct and conduct unbecoming a public employee. The department reported that Donan pulled the victim by the hair during a domestic dispute and, on another occasion, made multiple calls to the victim and threw a water bottle at her bedroom window.

What is Richard Donan's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?

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

What is Richard Donan's base salary on record?

Richard Donan's reported base salary is $85,000, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Richard Donan has 6 years, 6 months of reported service.

How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department Richard Donan worked for?

Jersey City Police Department reported 799 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 Donan individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2210. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 233071, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8343. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.