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David Hayes

Gloucester County Sheriff's Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 56 days2024 · as reported

Officer David Hayes was suspended for 56 days by the Gloucester County Sheriffs Office. Hayes admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the office while on duty, specifically by engaging in prohibited sexual activity while he was on duty. The office reported that he forfeited 232 hours of paid leave time and resigned from the Gloucester County Sheriffs Office.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 56 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Other sanction
Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office while on duty. The member engaged in prohibited sexual activity while he was on duty. The member forfeited 232 hours of paid leave time, was suspended for 56 days, and resigned from the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office.

Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Derek Barow · Gloucester County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming, Insubordination, Contentious Behavior, Respect

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Edward McCormick · Gloucester County Sheriff's Department · 2023

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming; Soliciting Gifts; Gratuities; Use of Position; Agency Address: Private Use of

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Mark Hasenpat · Gloucester County Sheriff's Department · 2023

    Suspended 69 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Rouse · Gloucester County Sheriff's Department · 2022

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Incompetency and Conduct Unbecoming

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • James Carelli · Gloucester County Sheriff's Department · 2022

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Dissemination of Information

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Gloucester County Sheriff's Department

7 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 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. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Cite this page

Police Transparency NJ, "David Hayes, Gloucester County Sheriff's Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/david-hayes-gloucester-co-sheriffs-dept/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of David Hayes's major discipline record?

Officer David Hayes was suspended for 56 days by the Gloucester County Sheriffs Office. Hayes admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the office while on duty, specifically by engaging in prohibited sexual activity while he was on duty. The office reported that he forfeited 232 hours of paid leave time and resigned from the Gloucester County Sheriffs Office.

What is David Hayes's major discipline record at Gloucester County Sheriff's Department?

David Hayes has one major discipline record at Gloucester County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1091. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩