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Richard Kirk

Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 15 days2025 · as reported

While on duty at the Bergen County Correctional and Rehabilitation Center, Correctional Police Officer Richard Kirk used excessive force on an inmate being placed in a restraint chair. While the inmate was restrained in handcuffs and on the ground, Kirk struck him in the head by kicking him. The Bergen County Sheriffs Office suspended Kirk for 15 days in 2025.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 15 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
(a) 1 - , or Failure to Perform Duties (a) 6 - a Public Employee (a) 7 - (a) 12 - Use of Force Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations Standards of Conduct Performance of Duty Unbecoming Conduct Prohibited Activity on Duty
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Correctional Police Officer, Richard Kirk, while on duty at the Bergen County Correctional and Rehabilitation Center (BCCRC) utilized excessive force on an inmate being placed in a restraint chair. While the inmate was restrained in handcuffs, on the ground, Officer Kirk struck him in the head by kicking him.

Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.

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Other officers at Bergen County Sheriff's Department

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

All 35 at the Bergen County Sheriff's Department 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.

Cite this page

Police Transparency NJ, "Richard Kirk, Bergen County Sheriff's Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/richard-kirk-bergen-co-sheriffs-dept/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

Questions and answers

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

While on duty at the Bergen County Correctional and Rehabilitation Center, Correctional Police Officer Richard Kirk used excessive force on an inmate being placed in a restraint chair. While the inmate was restrained in handcuffs and on the ground, Kirk struck him in the head by kicking him. The Bergen County Sheriffs Office suspended Kirk for 15 days in 2025.

What is Richard Kirk's major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department?

Richard Kirk has one major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 62. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩