Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Hudson County Corrections · 1 record · 2025
Suspended 180 days2025 · as reported
The Hudson County Department of Corrections suspended County Corrections Police Officer Richard Mercier for 180 days in 2025. The agency reported that the discipline came from an off-duty incident in which Mercier was administratively found to have sent threatening text messages to a party protected by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. His conduct was found to be beneath that of an off-duty corrections officer. The sustained charge was conduct unbecoming.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 180 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Mercier was sustained for stemming from an off duty incident in which he was administratively found to have sent threatening text messages to a party protected by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. The officer's conduct was beneath that of an off duty corrections officer.
Frank Capoano · Hudson County Corrections · 2025
Suspended 65 daysSustained charge(s): Incompetency, Insubordination, Conduct Unbecoming, Neglect of Duty and Other Sufficent Cause
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Frank Capoano · Hudson County Corrections · 2025
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Incompetency, Insubordination, Conduct Unbecoming, Neglect of Duty and Other Sufficient Cause
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Camila Celi · Hudson County Corrections · 2025
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty (x3)
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Mario Fernandez · Hudson County Corrections · 2025
Suspended 7 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Shawn Kelly · Hudson County Corrections · 2025
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
33 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Richard Mercier, Hudson County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-07, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/richard-mercier-hudson-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
The Hudson County Department of Corrections suspended County Corrections Police Officer Richard Mercier for 180 days in 2025. The agency reported that the discipline came from an off-duty incident in which Mercier was administratively found to have sent threatening text messages to a party protected by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. His conduct was found to be beneath that of an off-duty corrections officer. The sustained charge was conduct unbecoming.
Richard Mercier has one major discipline record at Hudson County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.