Major discipline · 2025[1]
Separated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) (1) , , or Failure To Perform Duties (7) JCPD Rule 3:123 Obedience to Laws, regulations, and Orders JCPD Rule 3:127 Responsibilities in General
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Jersey City PD sustained charges of neglect of duty and failure to perform duties against Police Officer Richard Gomez in 2025. The record states that on 6/11/2024 Gomez responded to a suspected bias incident involving criminal mischief, the use of a weapon, and racial slurs, and that he failed to make proper notifications to dispatch and his supervisor of the bias nature of the incident, preventing the department's proper investigatory response. Gomez was not suspended, and the record notes he was separated while an internal affairs matter was pending.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 6/11/2024 P.O. R. Gomez responded to a suspected bias incident involving criminal mischief,the use of a weapon and racial slurs.He failed to make proper notifications to dispatch and his supervisor of the bias nature of the incident and therefore prevented the proper police investigatory response and community protection that is typical of the deaprtment during these types of incidents.