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Richard Berdnik *COP
Case # :219
Gender : Male
Age : 64
Race : White
Date : 01/23/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Passaic
County : Passaic
State : New Jersey
Agency : Passaic County Sheriff’s Office
Officer(s) :Richard Berdnik
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Officer suicide
Open records summary :
Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik was dealing with a scandal involving a recent death in which an inmate was beaten to death by 3 corrections officers under him. Berdnik was planning to fire a total of 29 corrections officers. On Jan 23, 2024, he went into a bathroom of a Turkish restaurant and committed suicide for unknown reasons.
