Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 24 days2021 · as reported
The Cape May County Sheriffs Office reported that Corrections Police Sergeant Thomas Rucci was suspended for 24 12-hour work days for misuse of public property and neglect of duty by violating the County Internet Policy. No formal charge was provided for this 2021 record.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 24 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Corrections Police Sergeant Rucci was suspended for 24 12 hour work days for and by violating the County Internet Policy.
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Scott Harris · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2021
Suspended 5 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
David Douglass · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2021
Suspended 30 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Scott Harris · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2021
Suspended 91 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
David Douglass · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2021
Suspended 130 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Robert Leininger · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2021
Suspended 22 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
16 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Thomas Rucci, Cape May County Sheriff's Office," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/thomas-rucci-cape-may-co-sheriffs-office/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
The Cape May County Sheriffs Office reported that Corrections Police Sergeant Thomas Rucci was suspended for 24 12-hour work days for misuse of public property and neglect of duty by violating the County Internet Policy. No formal charge was provided for this 2021 record.
Thomas Rucci has one major discipline record at Cape May County Sheriff's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.