Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Andrew Ayre

West Orange Police Department · 1 record · 2024

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s)
Other sanction: Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Officer Andrew Ayre was suspended for 10 days without pay by the West Orange Police Department in 2024. On October 14, 2023, Ayre was involved in an on-duty motor vehicle crash while operating a marked patrol unit and was found to be at fault. An internal affairs investigation determined that he did not follow proper procedure after the crash and did not notify the communications center or check the welfare of the other parties in a timely manner. He also violated the agency's body worn camera directive by prematurely deactivating his camera.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 10/14/2023 Officer Ayre was involved in an on-duty motor vehicle crash while operating a marked patrol unit. Officer Ayre was found to be at fault and a supervisory review of the incident uncovered several issues with the officer’s actions. An Internal Affairs investigation ultimately determined that the officer did not take appropriate action(s) or follow proper procedure after the crash. More specifically, the officer failed to notify the communications center or check the welfare of the other parties involved in a timely manner. Additionally, the officer violated our agencies Body Worn Camera Directive by pre-maturely deactivating his body worn camera prior to the conclusion of the incident as required. In February of 2024, the Internal Affairs investigation was sustained and the officer was charged with and disciplined by serving a 10 day suspension with-out pay.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $127,907
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 13 years, 3 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1084. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 222477, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩