Major discipline · 2025[1]
TerminatedSuspended 32 days- Rank as reported
- Patrolman
- Sustained charge(s)
- Uttering Forged Document 4th Degree
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Patrolman Thomas Kirse submitted a fraudulent doctor's sick note to the North Plainfield Police Department to excuse himself from work. After an investigation, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office charged Kirse with uttering a forged document, a fourth-degree crime. Kirse pleaded guilty, entered the Pretrial Intervention Program, and agreed never to hold a law enforcement position in New Jersey again. He was suspended for 32 days and terminated from the department.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Ofc. Thomas Kirse knowingly submitted a fraudulent doctor’s “sick” note to the police department excusing him from work. After an investigation, Ofc. Kirse was charged by the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office with Uttering a Forged Document, a 4th degree crime. Ofc. Kirse plead guilty to the charge and entered into Pre Trial-Intervention Program and agreed never to hold a law enforcement position again in the state of New Jersey. Ofc. Kirse was subsequently terminated from the police department.