Officer Mayse was in communication with a known Grape Street gang member incarcerated at the Essex County Correctional Facility who had an extensive criminal history, including homicide, weapons offenses, and narcotics violations, and she made numerous telephone calls to the facility to reach the inmate. Mayse also submitted a false statement on her license application by failing to disclose the names of three inmates who were pending trial. She was serving in probationary status at the time. Newark PD terminated Mayse and imposed a 36-day suspension.
False Statements & Disobedienceto Orders and Pre-Employment
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Mayse was in communication with a known Grape Street gang member who is currently incarcerated at the Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF) and has an extensive criminal history, including homicide, weapons offenses, and narcotics violations. The officer made numerous telephone calls to the ECCF to communicate with the inmate. Additionally, the officer submitted a false statement on her license application by failing to disclose the names of three Essex County Department of Corrections inmates who were pending trial. At the time of these incidents, the officer was serving in a probationary status.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Zaydiah Mayse's major discipline record?
Officer Mayse was in communication with a known Grape Street gang member incarcerated at the Essex County Correctional Facility who had an extensive criminal history, including homicide, weapons offenses, and narcotics violations, and she made numerous telephone calls to the facility to reach the inmate. Mayse also submitted a false statement on her license application by failing to disclose the names of three inmates who were pending trial. She was serving in probationary status at the time. Newark PD terminated Mayse and imposed a 36-day suspension.
What is Zaydiah Mayse's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Zaydiah Mayse has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Zaydiah Mayse's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Zaydiah Mayse's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Zaydiah Mayse 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 Zaydiah Mayse individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 324. 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/. ↩