Suspended 90 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
McWayne has 2 sustained major discipline records from Jersey City PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Care and Use of Firearms,Conduct, Equipment,Traffic Laws, Obedience to Laws,Regs. and Orders; JCPD Rule 3:109 Conduct Towards the Public JCPD Rule 3:179 Traffic Laws JCPD Rule 3:122 Knowledge of Laws and Regulations N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee.
Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2025
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2 records, 2023 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Brandon McWayne, by year
Jersey City PD sustained charges against Police Officer Brandon McWayne in 2025, including conduct toward the public, traffic laws, and conduct unbecoming a public employee. According to the record, McWayne drove an unmarked vehicle unsafely during a non-emergency call without proper signals, causing a civilian to brake suddenly while unaware it was the police, and he acted confrontationally and failed to de-escalate. McWayne was suspended for 90 days and received a loss of time.
JCPD Rule 3:109 Conduct Towards the Public JCPD Rule 3:179 Traffic Laws JCPD Rule 3:122 Knowledge of Laws and Regulations (a)(6) a Public Employee
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer McWayne drove an unmarked vehicle unsafely during a non-emergency call without proper signals, causing a civilian to brake suddenly, unaware it was the police. He acted unprofessionally and confrontational failing to de-escalate, which reflects behavior unbecoming of an officer.
Police Officer Brandon McWayne was suspended for 120 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2023. The department reported that on 4/29/21, while in plain clothes, McWayne inadvertently discharged his weapon during a motor vehicle stop, and the round struck a civilian's vehicle with no injuries. He also caused an accident with the vehicle he was attempting to stop. On 11/17/21, off-duty McWayne drove the wrong way on a one-way street and struck a citizen's dog; he stated he believed he had hit a pothole.
On 4/29/21 P.O. Brandon Mcwayne while working in a plain clothes capacity inadvertently discharged his weapon during a motor vehicle stop. The round struck the civilian's vehicle (no injuries). Officer McWayne also operated the police vehicle in a manner which caused a motor vehicle accident with the vehicle he was attempting to stop. On 11/17/21 a citizen reported her dog was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. The vehicle was operated by off-duty P.O. Brandon McWayne, who was driving the wrong way on a one way street. P.O. B. McWayne stated he was unaware he had struck the dog and believed he hit a pothole. The citizen's dog was seriously injuried.
Similar records
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Malby Almonte · Jersey City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 90 days
Sustained charge(s): Excessive Absenteeism, Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Brandon McWayne's major discipline record?
McWayne has 2 sustained major discipline records from Jersey City PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Care and Use of Firearms,Conduct, Equipment,Traffic Laws, Obedience to Laws,Regs. and Orders; JCPD Rule 3:109 Conduct Towards the Public JCPD Rule 3:179 Traffic Laws JCPD Rule 3:122 Knowledge of Laws and Regulations N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee.
What is Brandon McWayne's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?
Brandon McWayne has 2 major discipline records at Jersey City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Brandon McWayne's base salary on record?
Brandon McWayne's reported base salary is $81,000, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Brandon McWayne has 6 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department Brandon McWayne worked for?
Jersey City Police Department reported 799 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Brandon McWayne individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 386. 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 1736. 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 386. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 386, 1736. ↩
[4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 233306, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8343. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩