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Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Richard Latargia

Mountainside Police Department · 1 record · 2021

Major discipline · 2021[1]

Suspended 6 days
Rank as reported
Sergeant
Sustained charge(s)
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Failure to follow proper arrest procedures and maintain control of an arrested subject

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.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2775. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.