Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Dan Cote was suspended for 20 days by the Washington Township Police Department in Gloucester County in 2020. The agency reported that Cote pleaded guilty to reckless driving of his personal vehicle while off duty. No sustained charge category was reported beyond the conduct described.
Ofc. Cote was suspended for 20 days after pleading guilty to the Reckless Driving of his personal vehicle while off-duty.
Compensation and pension
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Similar records
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Scott Ritter · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020
What is a summary of Dan Cote's major discipline record?
Officer Dan Cote was suspended for 20 days by the Washington Township Police Department in Gloucester County in 2020. The agency reported that Cote pleaded guilty to reckless driving of his personal vehicle while off duty. No sustained charge category was reported beyond the conduct described.
What is Dan Cote's major discipline record at Washington Township Police Department?
Dan Cote has one major discipline record at Washington Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Dan Cote's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Dan Cote at Washington Township Police Department.
How large is Washington Township Police Department, the department Dan Cote worked for?
Washington Township Police Department reported 82 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Dan Cote individually.
How does Washington Township Police Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Washington Township Police Department in the lowest fifth of peers 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 Dan Cote individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2849. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8329. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩