Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Craig Padilla

Gloucester Township Police Department · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: Patrolman
Sustained charge(s): a public employee, General Orders-Rules and Regulations on Duty Conduct, All Other Conduct, Operation of Department Vehicles, General Orders - Duty to De-Escalate and Call Prioritization & Response Procedures and Vehicle Operation
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Patrolman Craig Padilla was suspended for 10 days by the Gloucester Township Police Department. Padilla improperly responded to the scene of a motor vehicle crash with the intention to confront one of the drivers involved. The department reported that he had earlier been dispatched to a residence for a medical assist called in by one of those drivers, which he believed was a false police report. During the confrontation, Padilla engaged in a verbal disagreement with the individual until other officers on scene and bystanders intervened.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Ptl. Padilla improperly responded to the scene of a motor vehicle crash with the intention to confront one of the drivers in the crash. Prior to this, Ptl. Padilla was dispatched to a residence for a medical assist which was called in by one of the drivers involved in the crash. Ptl. Padilla believed the medical assist was a false police report. During the confrontation, Ptl. Padilla engaged in verbal disagreement with the induvial until an intervention was made by other officers that were on-scene and bystanders. Suspended for ten (10), days.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $113,810
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 13 years

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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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1607. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 237287, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩