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David Martin

Bernards Township Police Department · 2 records · 2020, 2021

Suspended 31 daysmost recent record, 2021 · as reported

Martin has 2 sustained major discipline records from Bernards Twp PD, spanning 2020 to 2021. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: 1. Reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol. 2. Conduct unbecoming a police officer. 3. Conduct toward the public. 4. Violating Township policies. 5. Failure to conduct himself with high ethical standards. 6. Failure to obey laws and rules. 7. Fitness for duty. 8. Operation of Department vehicles. 9. Violation of the Department Code of Ethics. 10. Violation of the Department Mission Statement. 11. Violation of the Employee Handbook concerning alcohol free workplace. 12. Violation of the Employee Handbook concerning the use of Township vehicles.

Discipline timeline, 2020 to 2021

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

2 records, 2020 to 2021

Major discipline records reported for David Martin, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20201Suspension
20211Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2021[1]

Suspended 31 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer David Martin was convicted of DWI while on duty, in violation of Bernards Township Police Department policies, procedures, and rules. The sustained charges included reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol, conduct unbecoming a police officer, fitness for duty, and violations of the department code of ethics and employee handbook provisions on an alcohol free workplace. Martin was suspended for 31 days and resigned from the department.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
1. Reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol. 2. a police officer. 3. Conduct toward the public. 4. Violating Township policies. 5. Failure to conduct himself with high ethical standards. 6. Failure to obey laws and rules. 7. Fitness for duty. 8. Operation of Department vehicles. 9. Violation of the Department Code of Ethics. 10. Violation of the Department Mission Statement. 11. Violation of the Employee Handbook concerning alcohol free workplace. 12. Violation of the Employee Handbook concerning the use of Township vehicles.
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Violation of the Bernards Township Police Department Policies and Procedure and Rules and Regulations. Officer was convicted of DWI while on duty. Officer resigned from the department.

Major discipline · 2020[2]

Suspended 55 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In a 2020 record, Officer David Martin was suspended for 55 days following a conviction for DWI while on duty, in violation of Bernards Township Police Department policies, procedures, and rules and regulations. Martin resigned from the department. The specific sustained charges were not reported.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not applicable
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Violation of Bernards Township Police Department Policies and Procedures and Rules and Regulations. Officer was convicted of DWI while on duty. Officer has resigned from the Bernards Township Police Department.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Raymond Sosa · Aberdeen Township Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 19 days

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Kevin Craig · Absecon City Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Performance of Duty

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jonathan Diorio · Asbury Park Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 52 days

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Martina Martin · Atlantic City Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Evidence & Property Control

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Warren Young · Atlantic City Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Bernards Township Police Department

One other named officer with a reported major discipline record 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.

Questions and answers

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

Martin has 2 sustained major discipline records from Bernards Twp PD, spanning 2020 to 2021. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: 1. Reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol. 2. Conduct unbecoming a police officer. 3. Conduct toward the public. 4. Violating Township policies. 5. Failure to conduct himself with high ethical standards. 6. Failure to obey laws and rules. 7. Fitness for duty. 8. Operation of Department vehicles. 9. Violation of the Department Code of Ethics. 10. Violation of the Department Mission Statement. 11. Violation of the Employee Handbook concerning alcohol free workplace. 12. Violation of the Employee Handbook concerning the use of Township vehicles.

What is David Martin's major discipline record at Bernards Township Police Department?

David Martin has 2 major discipline records at Bernards Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is Bernards Township Police Department, the department David Martin worked for?

Bernards Township Police Department reported 43 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about David Martin individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2661. 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 2925. 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 2661. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 2661, 2925.
  4. [4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8568. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.