Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sergeant Ariel Almora was suspended for 16 days by the Franklin Township Police Department - Somerset County. The department reported that Almora submitted and approved a police report while logged in as another supervisor without their permission.
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.
Similar records
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Manuel Rios · Franklin Township Police Department · 2022
Suspended 90 days
Sustained charge(s): Absence from Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Frank Cicerale · Franklin Township Police Department · 2022
Suspended 60 days
Sustained charge(s): Chain of Command, Obedience to Laws, Rules, and Written Directives
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Casey · Franklin Township Police Department · 2022
Suspended 8 days
Sustained charge(s): Reporting for Duty, Sick Leave Policy
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
James Boylan · Franklin Township Police Department · 2024
Suspended 4 days
Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized vehicle pursuit and multiple rule violations
Sustained charge(s): Prohibited activity on duty and multiple rule violations
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Ariel Almora's major discipline record?
Sergeant Ariel Almora was suspended for 16 days by the Franklin Township Police Department - Somerset County. The department reported that Almora submitted and approved a police report while logged in as another supervisor without their permission.
What is Ariel Almora's major discipline record at Franklin Township Police Department?
Ariel Almora has one major discipline record at Franklin Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Ariel Almora's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Ariel Almora at Franklin Township Police Department.
What is Ariel Almora's pension on record?
Ariel Almora's reported monthly pension allowance is $8,624.63, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Ariel Almora has 25 years, 7 months of reported service.
How large is Franklin Township Police Department, the department Ariel Almora worked for?
Franklin Township Police Department reported 103 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Ariel Almora individually.
How does Franklin Township Police Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Franklin Township Police Department in the highest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Ariel Almora individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2293. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 365651 (member 44358011), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8574. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩