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: 0
Sustained Charge: Disparaging commentsregarding protected personal characteristics; Harassment in the Workplace; Standards of Conduct; Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules and Directives; Conduct toward
other department employees.
Description: Officer Dobrowolski was terminated for being found to have voiced a racial epithet. This occurred while in the presence of other Montclair Police Officers during an off‐duty PBA social event in March‐2022. A hearing officer sustained the administrative charges against Officer Dobrowolski with arecommendation that he be removed and terminated from his position as a Montclair Police Officer.