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Mountainside Police Department · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 6 days2021 · as reported
Sergeant Latargia was suspended for 6 days by Mountainside PD. The record states the discipline resulted from a failure to follow proper arrest procedures and to maintain control of an arrested subject. The sustained charge was Neglect of Duty.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 6 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Failure to follow proper arrest procedures and maintain control of an arrested subject
Warren Young · Atlantic City Police Department · 2021
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Joel Alvarado · Camden County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Joseph Coleman · Camden County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 40 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Reginald Adkins · Camden County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 12 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Darlene Vanore · Camden County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Sergeant Latargia was suspended for 6 days by Mountainside PD. The record states the discipline resulted from a failure to follow proper arrest procedures and to maintain control of an arrested subject. The sustained charge was Neglect of Duty.
Richard Latargia has one major discipline record at Mountainside Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Richard Latargia's reported monthly pension allowance is $9,222.87, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Richard Latargia has 30 years, 1 month of reported service.
Mountainside Police Department reported 23 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 Latargia individually.