Sergeant Best responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving an off-duty police officer who was reported to be intoxicated. Best violated a direct order from his immediate supervisor when he failed to administer a field sobriety test or a breathalyzer on the off-duty officer. Newark PD sustained a charge of disobedience of orders and suspended Best for 53 days in 2022.
Sgt. Best was suspended for 53 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience of orders. Sgt. Best responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving an off-duty police officer accused of being intoxicated. Sgt. Best violated a direct order from his immediate supervisor when he failed to administer a field sobriety test or a breathalyzer on the off-duty officer.
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What is a summary of Terrence Best's major discipline record?
Sergeant Best responded to the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving an off-duty police officer who was reported to be intoxicated. Best violated a direct order from his immediate supervisor when he failed to administer a field sobriety test or a breathalyzer on the off-duty officer. Newark PD sustained a charge of disobedience of orders and suspended Best for 53 days in 2022.
What is Terrence Best's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Terrence Best has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Terrence Best's base salary on record?
Terrence Best's reported base salary is $166,556, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Terrence Best has 30 years, 11 months of reported service.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Terrence Best 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 Terrence Best individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2160. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218054, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]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/. ↩