Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sheriff's Officer Can Ozdemir was suspended for 8 days by the Salem County Sheriffs Office in 2020. According to the record, the suspension was for insubordination, specifically prohibited activity on duty. The agency did not list a separate sustained charge category beyond that account of the conduct.
Officer Ozdemir was suspended 8 days for . (Prohibited Activity on Duty)
Compensation and pension
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Similar records
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David Emel · Salem County Sheriff's Department · 2025
Suspended 180 days
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a public employee
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Scott Ritter · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020
What is a summary of Can Ozdemir's major discipline record?
Sheriff's Officer Can Ozdemir was suspended for 8 days by the Salem County Sheriffs Office in 2020. According to the record, the suspension was for insubordination, specifically prohibited activity on duty. The agency did not list a separate sustained charge category beyond that account of the conduct.
What is Can Ozdemir's major discipline record at Salem County Sheriff's Department?
Can Ozdemir has one major discipline record at Salem County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Can Ozdemir's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Can Ozdemir at Salem County Sheriff's Department.
How does Salem County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Salem County Sheriff's Department in the second-highest fifth 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 Can Ozdemir individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2924. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩