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Middlesex Borough Police Department · 1 record · 2025
Suspended 30 days2025 · as reported
Police Officer Richard Szymczak of the Middlesex Borough Police Department was suspended for 30 days in 2025 on a sustained charge of neglect of duty. On 01/25/2025, Szymczak responded to an emergency aid call at a residence and neglected to fully assess the patient and provide proper medical care while awaiting emergency medical responders.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
On 01/25/2025, Officer Szymczak responded to an emergency aid call at a residence and neglected to fully assess the patient and provide proper medical care while awaiting emergency medical responders. Officer Szymczak was suspended for 30 days as a result of the sustained investigation.
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Police Officer Richard Szymczak of the Middlesex Borough Police Department was suspended for 30 days in 2025 on a sustained charge of neglect of duty. On 01/25/2025, Szymczak responded to an emergency aid call at a residence and neglected to fully assess the patient and provide proper medical care while awaiting emergency medical responders.
Richard Szymczak has one major discipline record at Middlesex Borough Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Richard Szymczak's reported base salary is $130,438, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Richard Szymczak has 11 years, 10 months of reported service.
Middlesex Borough Police Department reported 30 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 Szymczak individually.