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Richard Williams

Newark Police Department · 2 records · 2024, 2025

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
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20241Suspension
20251Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

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.

Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Care of Property
  • Storing the Handgun and
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Major discipline · 2024[2]

Suspended 7 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

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.

Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
not reported

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Erica Donald · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 8 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Assistance to Citizens, Bound by Duty and Response to a Call.

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Xavier Haywood · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Acts of Insubordination, Neglect of Duty, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee and Disobedience of Orders

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Xaviel Pimentel · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 7 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty , Disobedience of Orders

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Felipe Ramirez · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 51 days

    Sustained charge(s): Report a Crime, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, and Neglect of Duty

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Robkeerah Sampson · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination, Neglect of Duty and Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Newark Police Department

74 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 74 at the Newark Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$97,404
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
5 years, 10 months

How to read this

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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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/.