Date of Offense
Offense(s)
Official Statement
Terminated: Yes
Demoted: No
Suspended: No
Other Sanction:
Resigned, retired, transferred, or separated while case was pending: No
# of Days Suspended:
Sustained Charge: Interview, Interrogation, compliance with Constitutional requirements policy
Description: Summary of Allegations
During a shift in February 2023, Police Officer Paul Krzewinski was dispatched to an academic building in reference to a suspicious person. The information received was a student aged, African American male
was inside of the academic building and left his bag on the ground while using the restroom. On arrival, Officer Krzewinski met with the person in question before meeting with the reporting person
The officer located the person in question and asked if he was a student and if he had identification. The person was upset with the officer's interaction, and he begrudgingly produced his Princeton University identification card. As the officer began to write down the student’s information, the student snatched his ID back from the officer and stated he did not feel he should be a part of any report. As the student attempted to walk away the officer grabbed the student by the arm, preventing him from leaving and detaining him to get his name. The officer did not have information that anything the student was doing violated university policy.
Summary of Factual Findings
Police Officer Paul Krzewinski’s actions during a field interview were in violation of public safety policy because there was no reason to physically detain the involved person. Approaching a person in this matter is permissible by policy, but a violation occurred when the officer grabbed the student by the arm preventing him from leaving since there was not any reasonable suspicion present.
1. SOP – Interview, Interrogation, compliance with Constitutional requirements policy.
Finding: Sustained
Discipline Imposed: Termination. The severity of the discipline is based on several sustained complaints against the officer within the previous twelve‐month period.
