Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Hamilton Township Police Department · 1 record · 2020
Suspended 180 days2020 · as reported
Officer Richard Watkins was suspended for 180 days by the Hamilton Township Police Department in Mercer County in 2020. According to the agency, Watkins misused Division property and was absent without leave from his assigned post without authorization. The record states that he left his assigned post and used a police vehicle to transport his dog. No specific sustained charges were reported.
Major discipline · 2020[1]
Suspended 180 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer was suspended for 180 days for misuse of Division property and being AWOL from assigned post without authorization. The officer left his assigned post and used a police vehicle to transport his dog.
Brandon Walker · Hamilton Township Police Department · 2024
Suspended 28 daysSustained charge(s): Body Worn Camera Violation and Search and Seizure Policy Violation
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Richard Piotrowski · Hamilton Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming a Public Employee Other sufficient cause
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
2 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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Officer Richard Watkins was suspended for 180 days by the Hamilton Township Police Department in Mercer County in 2020. According to the agency, Watkins misused Division property and was absent without leave from his assigned post without authorization. The record states that he left his assigned post and used a police vehicle to transport his dog. No specific sustained charges were reported.
Richard Watkins has one major discipline record at Hamilton Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Hamilton Township Police Department reported 173 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 Watkins individually.