Officer Bryan Arrington was suspended for 10 days by the Hillside Police Department. On August 13, 2022, while standing in a hallway at police headquarters, Arrington unholstered his Taser without any legitimate reason, activated its targeting lasers, and pointed it at another officer in violation of policy. The incident was recorded by the department's internal security cameras. The ten working day suspension without pay was served in May 2023, and charges including conduct unbecoming and misuse of public property were sustained.
On August 13th 2022, while standing in a hallway at police headquarters, Officer Arrington unholstered his Taser, without any legitimate reason for doing so, activated its targeting lasers and pointed it at another officer in violation of policy. The incident was recorded by the police department's internal security cameras. The matter was finalized in 2023 and the ten working day suspension without pay was served in May of 2023.
Sustained charge(s): Violations of: Department rule3:4.1, Release of Information; Rule 3:4.2 Department Records; HPD Domestic Violence Policy; Title 4A:2-2.3(a)6
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming, Code of Ethics, Standards of Conduct, Obedience to Laws, Ordinances and Written Directives, Insubordination, Other…
Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Provide Inaccurate and False Information, Conduct unbecoming, Standards of Conduct, Performance of Duty, Obedience to…
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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Bryan Arrington, Hillside Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/bryan-arrington-hillside-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Bryan Arrington's major discipline record?
Officer Bryan Arrington was suspended for 10 days by the Hillside Police Department. On August 13, 2022, while standing in a hallway at police headquarters, Arrington unholstered his Taser without any legitimate reason, activated its targeting lasers, and pointed it at another officer in violation of policy. The incident was recorded by the department's internal security cameras. The ten working day suspension without pay was served in May 2023, and charges including conduct unbecoming and misuse of public property were sustained.
What is Bryan Arrington's major discipline record at Hillside Police Department?
Bryan Arrington has one major discipline record at Hillside Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Bryan Arrington's base salary on record?
Bryan Arrington's reported base salary is $125,428, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Bryan Arrington has 19 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Hillside Police Department, the department Bryan Arrington worked for?
Hillside Police Department reported 63 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Bryan Arrington individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1984. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 230858, 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 8607. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩