Officer Burks failed to report and intervene in a shooting perpetrated by his associates, as revealed through a review of reports, video footage, and evidence. He was indicted on 17 criminal counts of criminal law, with related charges of neglect of duty, disobedience of orders, conduct in public and private, and conduct unbecoming a public employee. Newark PD sustained an indictable offense charge in 2023.
Officer Burks faces charges related to Criminal Law, , Disobedience of Orders, Conduct in Public and Private, and a Public Employee. The allegations stem from Officer Burks' failure to report and intervene in a shooting perpetrated by his associates, as revealed through a review of reports, video footage, and evidence. Officer Burks was indicted on 17 criminal counts of Criminal Law.
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What is a summary of Wali Burks's major discipline record?
Officer Burks failed to report and intervene in a shooting perpetrated by his associates, as revealed through a review of reports, video footage, and evidence. He was indicted on 17 criminal counts of criminal law, with related charges of neglect of duty, disobedience of orders, conduct in public and private, and conduct unbecoming a public employee. Newark PD sustained an indictable offense charge in 2023.
What is Wali Burks's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Wali Burks has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Wali Burks worked for?
Newark Police Department reported 1,119 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Wali Burks individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1678. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩