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.
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
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.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Craig Padilla's major discipline record?
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.
What is Craig Padilla's major discipline record at Gloucester Township Police Department?
Craig Padilla has one major discipline record at Gloucester Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Craig Padilla's base salary on record?
Craig Padilla's reported base salary is $113,810, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Craig Padilla has 13 years of reported service.
How large is Gloucester Township Police Department, the department Craig Padilla worked for?
Gloucester Township Police Department reported 130 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Craig Padilla individually.
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/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8248. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩