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Brandon Walker

Hamilton Township Police Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 28 days2024 · as reported

Police Officer Brandon Walker was suspended for 28 days by the Hamilton Township Police Department in Mercer County. On December 3, 2023, Walker attempted to gain entry to a residence by using his personal credit card to pick the lock while searching for a suspect. On June 1, 2024, he failed to activate his body worn camera during the initial investigation into a shoplifting. Charges of a body worn camera violation and a search and seizure policy violation were sustained.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 28 days
Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Body Worn Camera Violation and Search and Seizure Policy Violation
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On December 3, 2023 P/O Brandon Walker attempted to gain entry to a residence using his personal credit card to pick the lock, while searching for a supsect. On June 1, 2024 P/O Brandon Walker failed to activate his Body Worn Camera during the intial investigation, into a shoplifting.

Similar records

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  • Richard Piotrowski · Hamilton Township Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming a Public Employee Other sufficient cause

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Richard Watkins · Hamilton Township Police Department · 2020

    Suspended 180 days

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael DiBona · Allenhurst Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Prohibited activity on duty.

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • William Reng · Asbury Park Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Body Worn Camera Policy Violation

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Vega · Atlantic City Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 90 days

    Sustained charge(s): Other Rule Violation; Prohibited Acts on-Duty & Other Rule Violation; Standards of Conduct

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Hamilton Township Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$85,250
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
6 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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Brandon Walker's major discipline record?

Police Officer Brandon Walker was suspended for 28 days by the Hamilton Township Police Department in Mercer County. On December 3, 2023, Walker attempted to gain entry to a residence by using his personal credit card to pick the lock while searching for a suspect. On June 1, 2024, he failed to activate his body worn camera during the initial investigation into a shoplifting. Charges of a body worn camera violation and a search and seizure policy violation were sustained.

What is Brandon Walker's major discipline record at Hamilton Township Police Department?

Brandon Walker has one major discipline record at Hamilton Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Brandon Walker's base salary on record?

Brandon Walker's reported base salary is $85,250, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Brandon Walker has 6 years, 3 months of reported service.

How large is Hamilton Township Police Department, the department Brandon Walker worked for?

Hamilton Township Police Department reported 173 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 Walker individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1144. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 230513, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8372. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩