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Damon Belton

Winslow Township Police Department · 2 records · 2023, 2024

Terminatedmost recent record, 2024 · as reported

Belton has 2 sustained major discipline records from Winslow Twp PD, spanning 2023 to 2024. The records include a termination. Sustained charges across the records include: Indictable Offense; Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Insubordination, Disobedience of Orders.

Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2024

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2023 to 2024

Major discipline records reported for Damon Belton, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20231Other or not reported
20241Termination
  • Termination
  • Other or not reported

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Terminated

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Winslow Twp PD reported that Patrolman Damon Belton was involved in an off-duty domestic violence incident in which he brandished and pointed a handgun at a party protected by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. Belton was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. He was terminated on July 5, 2024. The sustained charges were Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Insubordination, and Disobedience of Orders.

Rank as reported
Patrolman (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • an Officer
  • Disobedience of Orders
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Belton was involved in a Domestic Violence incident where he brandished and pointed a handgun at a party protected by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. Officer Belton was charged with Aggravated Assault (N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1B4) and Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4A) for this incident that occurred while off duty. Officer Belton was terminated on 7/05/2024.

Major discipline · 2023[2]

Other sanction

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In a 2023 record, Winslow Twp PD reported that Officer Damon Belton was involved in an off-duty domestic violence incident in which he brandished and pointed a handgun at a party protected by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. Belton was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. According to the agency, he was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. The sustained charge was recorded as Indictable Offense.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Indictable Offense
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Belton was involved in a Domestic Violence incident where he brandished and pointed a handgun at a party protected by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. Officer Belton was charged with Aggravated Assault (N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1B4) and Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose (N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4A) for this incident that occurred while off duty. He was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • George Burwell · Winslow Township Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 60 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Neglect of Duty

    same agency · same year

  • Nicholas Cobian · Winslow Township Police Department · 2024

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Insubordination, Intoxication off duty and arrested

    same agency · same year

  • David Martinez · Atlantic County Corrections · 2024

    Terminated

    Sustained charge(s): Standards of Conduct

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Joseph Frino · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Terminated

    Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 – Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a) 3 - Inability to Perform Duties N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) 6

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Patrick Trushell · Berkeley Township Police Department · 2024

    Terminated

    Sustained charge(s): 3:2.3 Absence from Duty

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Winslow Township Police Department

4 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Damon Belton's major discipline record?

Belton has 2 sustained major discipline records from Winslow Twp PD, spanning 2023 to 2024. The records include a termination. Sustained charges across the records include: Indictable Offense; Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Insubordination, Disobedience of Orders.

What is Damon Belton's major discipline record at Winslow Township Police Department?

Damon Belton has 2 major discipline records at Winslow Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Damon Belton's record show a termination?

Yes. At least one of Damon Belton's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.

How large is Winslow Township Police Department, the department Damon Belton worked for?

Winslow Township Police Department reported 86 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Damon Belton individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1027. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1611. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1027. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1027, 1611.
  4. [4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8264. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.