Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Suspended 6 days2024 · as reported
Despite being on medical certification, Officer Smith continued to call out sick without showing improvement in attendance. Newark PD sustained charges of violation of orders and neglect of duty and suspended Smith for 6 days in 2024.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 6 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Despit being on Medical Certification, Officer Smith continued to call out sick without showing improvement in attendance.
Erica Donald · Newark Police Department · 2025
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Assistance to Citizens, Bound by Duty and Response to a Call.
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Xavier Haywood · Newark Police Department · 2025
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Acts of Insubordination, Neglect of Duty, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee and Disobedience of Orders
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Xaviel Pimentel · Newark Police Department · 2025
Suspended 7 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty , Disobedience of Orders
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Felipe Ramirez · Newark Police Department · 2025
Suspended 51 daysSustained charge(s): Report a Crime, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, and Neglect of Duty
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Robkeerah Sampson · Newark Police Department · 2025
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Insubordination, Neglect of Duty and Unauthorized Absence
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
74 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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Despite being on medical certification, Officer Smith continued to call out sick without showing improvement in attendance. Newark PD sustained charges of violation of orders and neglect of duty and suspended Smith for 6 days in 2024.
Sade Smith has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
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 Sade Smith individually.