Officer Tommy Hom's temporary appointment with the Human Services Police was terminated in 2024, according to the NJ Department of Human Services. An Office of Internal Affairs investigation begun on March 6, 2024, found that Hom deliberately omitted seven (7) law enforcement agencies from the background information questionnaire he submitted to the agency. The sustained charges concerned reporting requirements and falsifying official information.
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No employes shall knowingly falsify any official report or enter or cause to be entered any inaccurate, false or improrper information on records of the agency.
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On March 06, 2024 the Office of Internal Affairs initiated an investigation, and the following was discovered. Officer Tommy Hom deliberately omitted seven (7) law enforcement agencies from the background information questionnaire submitted to this agency. Therefore, Hom's temporary appointment as a police officer with the Human Services Police was terminated.
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Other officers at New Jersey Department Of Human Services
5 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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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Tommy Hom's major discipline record?
Officer Tommy Hom's temporary appointment with the Human Services Police was terminated in 2024, according to the NJ Department of Human Services. An Office of Internal Affairs investigation begun on March 6, 2024, found that Hom deliberately omitted seven (7) law enforcement agencies from the background information questionnaire he submitted to the agency. The sustained charges concerned reporting requirements and falsifying official information.
What is Tommy Hom's major discipline record at New Jersey Department Of Human Services?
Tommy Hom has one major discipline record at New Jersey Department Of Human Services in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is New Jersey Department Of Human Services, the department Tommy Hom worked for?
New Jersey Department Of Human Services reported 72 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Tommy Hom individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1414. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8384. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩