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.
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Thomas Kirse, North Plainfield Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/thomas-kirse-north-plainfield-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Thomas Kirse's major discipline record?
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.
What is Thomas Kirse's major discipline record at North Plainfield Police Department?
Thomas Kirse has one major discipline record at North Plainfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Thomas Kirse's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Thomas Kirse's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is North Plainfield Police Department, the department Thomas Kirse worked for?
North Plainfield Police Department reported 47 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Thomas Kirse individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 526. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8579. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩