Detective Samouri Clegg separated from the Essex County Prosecutors Office in 2023 while an internal affairs matter was pending. The record states that on August 30, 2023, Clegg provided a false record of events from August 28, 2023, in a meeting with his superior officers, saying the firearm in his personal vehicle was an empty holster and empty magazine, which was contrary to Essex County Sheriff Ortiz' report and body worn camera footage. The sustained charges included conduct unbecoming, personally owned weapons and false statements.
On August 30, 2023, Detective Clegg provided a false record of events that occurred on August 28, 2023, in a meeting with his superior officers. During that meeting, he stated the firearm in his personal vehicle was an empty holster and empty magazine, which was contrary to Essex County Sheriff' Ortiz' report and BWC footage.
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Compensation and pension
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Samouri Clegg's major discipline record?
Detective Samouri Clegg separated from the Essex County Prosecutors Office in 2023 while an internal affairs matter was pending. The record states that on August 30, 2023, Clegg provided a false record of events from August 28, 2023, in a meeting with his superior officers, saying the firearm in his personal vehicle was an empty holster and empty magazine, which was contrary to Essex County Sheriff Ortiz' report and body worn camera footage. The sustained charges included conduct unbecoming, personally owned weapons and false statements.
What is Samouri Clegg's major discipline record at Essex County Prosecutor's Office?
Samouri Clegg has one major discipline record at Essex County Prosecutor's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Essex County Prosecutor's Office, the department Samouri Clegg worked for?
Essex County Prosecutor's Office reported 0 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Samouri Clegg individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1656. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8311. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩