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The NYPD confirm that on Friday, Oct. 1, at 00.01 a.m., an off-duty New York City employee was arrested and charged in the 50th precinct.
Jermack Romero, 39, an NYPD officer with the 44th precinct in the Bronx, was charged with two offenses: assault and criminal mischief.
In response to a follow-up inquiry, the NYPD confirmed by phone to the Norwood News on Sunday, Oct. 3, that the two charges arose from a domestic violence incident. Police confirmed that the victim was in a relationship with Romero and alerted the NYPD of the assault. The additional criminal mischief offense related to damage to some jewelry. The location of the incident was not specified.
According to police records of Romero’s disciplinary history, there are “no applicable entries.”
Over the years, according to Romero’s training records, he has undergone training on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to opioid overdose recognition, successfully disarming an emotionally disturbed person, bodyworn camera review, community engagement, communication skills, “police actions related questioning arrests and investigations at an NYC department,” discharging your firearm at a moving threat, sexual harassment, awareness & prevention, health & wellness: coping with signs of anxiety & depression, health & wellness: managing stress on the job.”
Romero became a police officer in 2006. He is deemed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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If this incident happened while the officer was off duty I don’t understand the picture of a police patrol car. While that might peak a reader’s interest in the story it would turn me off from reading your paper.
Thanks for your comment Ms Lennon. Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion.
We were informed of the incident by the NYPD, and it is our understanding that the department shares such incidents with the media in efforts to be transparent with the public. It’s our role to help impart that transparency. We expect all citizens to abide by the law, the law which police officers, themselves, are required to enforce, and so the fact that the person arrested is a police officer (off duty or not) is newsworthy and relevant to the story. We make no judgement. Everyone is human. We are simply reporting the facts of the incident, as we would any other story, with the context we believe it merits. We were not provided with a photo of the police officer in question.