Department profile · Salem County
Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department
Reported as: Lower Alloways Creek Twp PDMunicipal police
Jurisdiction context
Not a civil service jurisdiction
This department is not among the NJCSC Appendix A jurisdictions, so major discipline here follows a different statutory track (generally N.J.S.A. 40A:14), with appeals that usually go to the Superior Court rather than the Civil Service Commission.
See the context on non-civil-service departments.
Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.
In brief
Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department is a municipal police agency in Salem County. It reported 1 sworn officer in 2025 and opened 1 internal affairs investigation that year. Its rate of 100 investigations per 100 officers was below the 125.6 median for municipal police departments. The single investigation detailed for 2025 did not report a sustained complaint. The recorded allegation was a vehicular pursuit policy violation.
Two major discipline records appear for the department across the 2020 through 2025 releases, one of which was a termination. The site grades Lower Alloways Creek Township a D, which places it in the 67th percentile of its peer group of 361 departments with 1 to 14 officers. A higher volume of internal affairs activity can reflect more misconduct or a stronger reporting culture.
Written by this site strictly from the figures on this page; every number is cited below.
Sworn officers, 2025
1[1]
IA investigations, 2025
1[1]
Incidents, 2025
1[1]
Major discipline records
2
All years, 2020-2025
Internal affairs investigations by year
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Complaint mix, 2025
Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Allegations are not findings: of 1 investigations, 0 reported one or more sustained complaints. Officer-level rows list 1 officers involved.[7]
Most serious allegation
| Vehicular Pursuit Policy Violation | 1 |
|---|
Internal disposition
| not provided | 1 |
|---|
Against peers, 2025
| Lower Alloways Creek Twp PD | 100.0 |
|---|---|
| County median, municipal police (6) | 100.0 |
| NJ median, municipal police (447) | 125.6 |
Investigations per 100 sworn officers, using the officer counts each agency reported for 2025. A higher number is ambiguous on its own: it can reflect more misconduct, or a stronger internal reporting culture. Medians are computed within the same agency type only.
Major discipline records
| Year | Officer | Rank | Sanction as reported | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Steven Schemelia | Patrolman | Separated while IA pending | [8] |
| 2020 | Jared Adkins | Patrol Officer | Terminated | [9] |
Every name links to the officer's record page with the agency's full synopsis and citation.
Questions and answers
- How many internal affairs investigations did Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department report in 2025?
- Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department reported 1 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. It reported 1 sworn officers that year.
- How many major discipline records does Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department have?
- Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department has 2 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 1 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Sources
- [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2465. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [2]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 426. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [3]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1447. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [4]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1955. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 930. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [6]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2465. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [7]New Jersey Internal Affairs Investigations, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. Aggregated from every Lower Alloways Creek Twp PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
- [8]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1863. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
- [9]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2923. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩