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.
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.
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What is a summary of Andrew Ayre's major discipline record?
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.
What is Andrew Ayre's major discipline record at West Orange Police Department?
Andrew Ayre has one major discipline record at West Orange Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Andrew Ayre's base salary on record?
Andrew Ayre's reported base salary is $127,907, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Andrew Ayre has 13 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is West Orange Police Department, the department Andrew Ayre worked for?
West Orange Police Department reported 95 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Andrew Ayre individually.
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/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8306. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩