Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sergeant Alex Kaplan was suspended for 4 days by the Hillsdale Police Department and received a monetary fine or loss of pay. During a motor vehicle stop, Kaplan used his personal cell phone to photograph the CJIS terminal, which contained personal information, and sent the image to a third party by text message. A forensic search could not locate the image on his phone, and Kaplan admitted that he had deleted it. Charges of CJIS protocol, destruction of evidence, and conduct unbecoming were sustained.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
The investigation revealed that during the motor vehicle stop, Sgt. Kaplan used his personal cell phone to take a photograph of the CJIS terminal containing personal information and then distributed it to a third party via text message. Furthermore, the investigation resulted in identifying and interviewing the recipient of the CJIS terminal photograph that Sgt. Kaplan had sent. BCPO CIU could not locate the image and or text message thread on Sgt. Kaplan's cell phone during a forensic search. Sgt. Kaplan admitted that he did delete the image and thread from his cell phone.
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Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 879. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 224887, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩