Patrolman Christopher Smedberg was suspended for 8 days by the Garwood Police Department for off-duty conduct that resulted in multiple rule infractions. The department reported that the conduct led to several traffic citations, including leaving the scene of an accident under 39:4-129B, failure to report an accident under 39:4-130, failure to maintain lane under 39:4-88A, and careless driving under 39:4-97A.
Officer committed multiple serious rule infractions for conduct off-duty, which resulted in multiple traffic citations to include, 39:4-129B: Leaving the scene of an accident, 39:4-130: Failure to report an accident, 39:4-88A: Failure to maintain lane, and 39:4-97A: Carless driving.
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What is a summary of Christopher Smedberg's major discipline record?
Patrolman Christopher Smedberg was suspended for 8 days by the Garwood Police Department for off-duty conduct that resulted in multiple rule infractions. The department reported that the conduct led to several traffic citations, including leaving the scene of an accident under 39:4-129B, failure to report an accident under 39:4-130, failure to maintain lane under 39:4-88A, and careless driving under 39:4-97A.
What is Christopher Smedberg's major discipline record at Garwood Police Department?
Christopher Smedberg has one major discipline record at Garwood Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Garwood Police Department, the department Christopher Smedberg worked for?
Garwood Police Department reported 18 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Christopher Smedberg individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 799. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8606. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩