Suspended 10 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Williams has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Unauthorized Absence; Care of Property, Storing the Handgun and Neglect of duty.
Discipline timeline, 2024 to 2025
AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.
2 records, 2024 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Richard Williams, by year
Officer Williams failed to properly secure and safeguard his department-issued firearm, leaving it unattended in the center console of his vehicle, which resulted in the theft of the firearm. Newark PD sustained charges of care of property, storing the handgun and neglect of duty and suspended Williams for 10 days in 2025.
Officer Williams failed to properly secure and safeguard his department-issued firearm, leaving it unattended in the center console of his vehicle, resulting in the theft of the firearm.
Officer Williams scheduled a 4-day all-inclusive trip to Mexico during days he was assigned to work and falsely reported being sick to cover the absence. Newark PD sustained a charge of unauthorized absence and suspended Williams for 7 days in 2024.
Officer Williams scheduled a 4-day all-inclusive trip to Mexico during days he was assigned to work and falsely reported being sick to cover their absence.
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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 Williams's major discipline record?
Williams has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Unauthorized Absence; Care of Property, Storing the Handgun and Neglect of duty.
What is Richard Williams's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Richard Williams has 2 major discipline records at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Richard Williams's base salary on record?
Richard Williams's reported base salary is $97,404, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Richard Williams has 5 years, 10 months of reported service.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Richard Williams 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 Williams individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 333. 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 1077. 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 333. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 333, 1077. ↩
[4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218979, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[5]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/. ↩