SLEO II Thomas Nealis was found guilty of Aggravated Assault (N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1B(7)), a third-degree crime, the Atlantic City Police Department reported. The department's synopsis states that, while off duty, Nealis caused serious bodily injury to another person. Nealis was suspended and resigned while the criminal charges and an internal affairs investigation were still pending. The department sustained a charge of Indictable Offense.
SLEO II Thomas Nealis was found guilty of Aggravated Assault 2C:12-1B(7) - a third-degree crime. It is alleged that, while off duty SLEO II Nealis caused serious bodily injury to another, specifically by punching the victim in the face causing significant facial damage and choking the victim until they were unable to breathe.SLEO II Nealis was suspended and resigned pending outcome of criminal charges. At the time of resignation an Internal Affairs Investigation was still pending.
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What is a summary of Thomas Nealis's major discipline record?
SLEO II Thomas Nealis was found guilty of Aggravated Assault (N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1B(7)), a third-degree crime, the Atlantic City Police Department reported. The department's synopsis states that, while off duty, Nealis caused serious bodily injury to another person. Nealis was suspended and resigned while the criminal charges and an internal affairs investigation were still pending. The department sustained a charge of Indictable Offense.
What is Thomas Nealis's major discipline record at Atlantic City Police Department?
Thomas Nealis has one major discipline record at Atlantic City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Atlantic City Police Department, the department Thomas Nealis worked for?
Atlantic City Police Department reported 295 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 Nealis individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1460. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8112. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩