Administrative - Rules and Regulations 3:7.1 Reporting for duty
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On May 7, 2024, Patrolman Caprara was late for duty for a security detail, according to the South Toms River Police Department. The record states that progressive discipline resulting from several violations of the same nature led to a 10-day suspension. The sustained charge was a rules and regulations violation for reporting for duty.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
May 7, 2024 Ptl. Antonio Caprara was late for Duty for a security detail. Progressive discipline as a result of several violations of the same nature resulted in this 10 day suspension
Failure to perform duties (2a)1, a Public Employee N.J.A.C. 4A:2
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On April 22, 2024, Patrolman Caprara made a racially insensitive comment to an employee of a Wawa, prompting an internal affairs complaint, according to the South Toms River Police Department. The record states that Caprara told another officer he intended to lie during his interview and then lied during his internal affairs interview. He was placed on unpaid suspension pending termination and, in 2024, was terminated on sustained charges of failure to perform duties and conduct unbecoming a public employee.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
April 22, 2024 Ptl. Antonio Caprara made a racially insensitive comment to an employee of Wawa resulting in an Internal Affairs complaint. He then confided in another Officer that he was going to intentionally lie during his interview regarding the complaint and it was hearsay. Ptl. Caprara subsequently lied during his Internal Affairs interview and was immediately placed on unpaid suspension pending termination for lying and .
Administrative Charge, Violation Department Rules and Regulations
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On September 26, 2023, Patrolman Caprara was caught sleeping while on duty at the South Toms River Elementary School and twice while on an extra duty detail, according to the South Toms River Police Department. The record also cites a video recorded on September 19, 2023, showing Caprara sleeping in his patrol vehicle in the school parking lot. He was given a 10-day suspension on a sustained rules and regulations violation.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
9/26/2023 - Ptl. Antonio Caprara was caught sleeping while on duty at the South Toms River Elementary School and twice while on an extra duty detial. There was also a video that was recorded on 9/19/2023 depicting Ptl. Caprara sleeping in his patrol vehicle in the South Toms River Elementary School parking lot. These instances are a violation of the South Toms River Police Department Rules and Regulations, more specifically "3:7.14 Prohibited Activity on Duty, 1. Meeting with other officers (except in performance of their police duties) without permission of supervisor, sleeping, loafing, idling". Ptl. Antonio Caprara was given a 10 day suspension as a result.
Compensation and pension
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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 1236. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1237. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1847. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩