TerminatedSeparated while IA pendingmost recent record, 2024 · as reported
Joyner has 2 sustained major discipline records from Scotch Plains PD, all from 2024. The records include a termination, a suspension, and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Tardiness; Tardiness.
The Scotch Plains Police Department suspended Patrolman Donte Joyner for 5 days in 2024. According to the record, Joyner showed up 44 minutes late to his scheduled overtime shift on August 4, 2024, after being contacted by the supervisor's phone, and the record notes this was his fourth offense. The sustained charge was tardiness.
Officer Joyner showed up 44 minutes late to his scheduled overtime shift on 08/04/2024 after being contacted by the supervisors phone. This was Officer Joyner's 4th offence
In 2024, Patrolman Donte Joyner separated from the Scotch Plains Police Department while an internal affairs matter was pending, and the record marks the case as a termination. According to the record, Joyner arrived between 45 minutes and 1 hour and 15 minutes late for work, his fifth offense for tardiness, and he voluntarily resigned pending termination. The sustained charge was tardiness.
Officer Joyner showed up between 45 minutes and 1 hour and 15 minutes late for work. This was Officer Joyner's 5th offense for tardiness. Officer Joyner voluntariy resigned pending termination.
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Other officers at Scotch Plains Police Department
2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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 Donte Joyner's major discipline record?
Joyner has 2 sustained major discipline records from Scotch Plains PD, all from 2024. The records include a termination, a suspension, and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Tardiness; Tardiness.
What is Donte Joyner's major discipline record at Scotch Plains Police Department?
Donte Joyner has 2 major discipline records at Scotch Plains Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Donte Joyner's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Donte Joyner's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Scotch Plains Police Department, the department Donte Joyner worked for?
Scotch Plains Police Department reported 47 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Donte Joyner individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1453. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1454. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8616. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩