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Barnegat Township Police Department · 1 record · 2020
Suspended 60 days2020 · as reported
In 2020, Sergeant Richard Nowak received a 60-day suspension from the Barnegat Township Police Department. According to the record, Nowak, while off duty, engaged in conduct that resulted in the damage of property at a business. The agency listed no separate sustained charge.
Major discipline · 2020[1]
Suspended 60 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Nowak, while off duty, engaged in conduct that resulted in the damage of property at a business.
William Hetrick · Barnegat Township Police Department · 2024
Suspended 45 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Scott Ritter · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020
Suspended 40 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Christopher Leahy · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020
Suspended 30 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Tina Decicco · Atlantic County Corrections · 2020
Suspended 6 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Charles Gill · Atlantic County Corrections · 2020
Suspended 6 dayssame year · 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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In 2020, Sergeant Richard Nowak received a 60-day suspension from the Barnegat Township Police Department. According to the record, Nowak, while off duty, engaged in conduct that resulted in the damage of property at a business. The agency listed no separate sustained charge.
Richard Nowak has one major discipline record at Barnegat Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Richard Nowak's reported base salary is $181,324, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Richard Nowak has 22 years, 9 months of reported service.
Barnegat Township Police Department reported 52 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 Nowak individually.