Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 10 days- Rank as reported
- Sergeant
- Sustained charge(s)
- , , Contentious Behavior, Respect
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sergeant Derek Barow was suspended for 10 days by the Gloucester County Sheriffs Office. Barow admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the office while on duty by offering to provide PBA Union 122 with a $20,000.00 check in order to have fellow PBA members removed from the union. The office reported that when he was ordered to provide the password for his agency-issued cellular device, he instead acknowledged that he had been using the device for personal reasons, which is not authorized.
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 offered to provide PBA Union 122 with a $20,000.00 check in order to have fellow members of the PBA removed from the union. This inquiry was in response to his belief these members were responsible for him receiving a Written Reprimand for making inappropriate and unprofessional statements during departmental training. Furthermore, the member was ordered to provide the password for his Gloucester County Sheriff's Office issued cellular device. Instead of providing the password as directed by a Superior Officer, the member acknowledged he was utizilizing the agency issued cellular device for personal reasons, which is not authorized.