TerminatedSuspended 852 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Hickman has 2 sustained major discipline records from Stanhope PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a termination, a suspension, and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Theft, falsifying government documents; 3rd Degree Theft by Deception.
Discipline timeline, 2024 to 2025
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2 records, 2024 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Ryan Hickman, by year
Sergeant Hickman was investigated by the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office for theft of time and falsifying government documents, the Stanhope Police Department record states, after he claimed to be working when he was not. As the officer in charge of the department schedule, Hickman took hours off his shifts without documenting them, at times for an entire 12-hour shift, over a 12-month period starting in 2023. He was suspended for 852 days and terminated, and on June 23, 2025, he was indicted on third-degree theft before entering a pretrial intervention program.
Sgt. Ryan Hickman was investigated for criminal charges by the SCPO for theft of time and falsifying government documents. Sgt Hickman claimed to be working when he was not. As the officer in charge of the department schedule Sgt. Hickman would take hours off his shift by leaving and not document this. Some of the time theft was for an entire 12 hour shift. The time theft occurred over the period of 12 months starting in 2023. He was suspended with pay in Feb of 2024 and formerly charged with theft and other charges by the SCPO in July of 2024 at which time he was suspended without pay. On 06/23/25, Sgt. Hickman was indicted by Grand Jury on 3rd Degree Theft. On 7/28/2025, Sgt. Hickman was entered into Pre-Trial Intervention program- 12 months ending 07/28/2026
In 2024, the Stanhope Police Department reported that Sergeant Hickman was investigated by the Sussex County Prosecutor's Office for theft of time and falsifying government documents. The record states that Hickman, who was in charge of the department schedule, claimed to be working when he was not and took hours off his shifts without documenting them over a 12-month period starting in 2023. He was suspended for 321 days and separated while the internal affairs matter was pending, with the case then pending in superior court.
Sgt. Ryan Hickman was investigated for criminal charges by the SCPO for theft of time and falsifying government documents. Sgt Hickman claimed to be working when he was not. As the officer in charge of the department schedule Sgt. Hickman would take hours off his shift by leaving and not document this. Some of the time theft was for an entire 12 hour shift. The time theft occurred over the period of 12 months starting in 2023. He was suspended with pay in Feb of 2024 and formerly charged with theft and other charges by the SCPO in July of 2024 at which time he was suspended without pay. The case is currently in superior court/pending.
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No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Ryan Hickman's major discipline record?
Hickman has 2 sustained major discipline records from Stanhope PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a termination, a suspension, and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Theft, falsifying government documents; 3rd Degree Theft by Deception.
What is Ryan Hickman's major discipline record at Stanhope Police Department?
Ryan Hickman has 2 major discipline records at Stanhope Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Ryan Hickman's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Ryan Hickman's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is Stanhope Police Department, the department Ryan Hickman worked for?
Stanhope Police Department reported 9 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Ryan Hickman individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 796. 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 1431. 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 796. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 796, 1431. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8597. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩