Suspended 30 daysmost recent record, 2023 · as reported
Pacelli has 3 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2020 to 2023. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Disobedience of Orders; Care of Property.
Discipline timeline, 2020 to 2023
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3 records, 2020 to 2023
Major discipline records reported for Richard Pacelli, by year
Officer Pacelli mistakenly removed a civilian from a car on the suspicion that it was stolen, then later discovered the vehicle was not stolen. He subsequently engaged in a pursuit of a motor vehicle solely for traffic violations, which breached the Newark Police Division pursuit policy. Newark PD sustained a charge of disobedience of orders and suspended Pacelli for 15 days in 2023.
Officer Pacelli mistakenly removed a civilian from a car suspecting it was stolen, only to later discover that the vehicle was not stolen. Subsequently, the officer engaged in a pursuit of a motor vehicle solely for traffic violations, which breached the NPD pursuit policy.
Officer Pacelli was involved in a motor vehicle crash in which he lost his department-issued firearm. Newark PD sustained a charge of care of property and imposed a 30-day suspension in 2023.
Officer Richard Pacelli received a 30-day suspension from the Newark Police Department in 2020 after he discharged a chemical agent against a prisoner inside the emergency room of a hospital. The agency did not report the sustained charges.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Richard Pacelli's major discipline record?
Pacelli has 3 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2020 to 2023. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Disobedience of Orders; Care of Property.
What is Richard Pacelli's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Richard Pacelli has 3 major discipline records at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Richard Pacelli's base salary on record?
Richard Pacelli's reported base salary is $136,802, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Richard Pacelli has 9 years of reported service.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Richard Pacelli worked for?
Newark Police Department reported 1,119 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 Pacelli individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1667. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1672. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2844. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[4]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1667. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1667, 1672, 2844. ↩
[5]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218659, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[6]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩