Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Mantua Township Police Department · 1 record · 2021
DemotedSuspended 60 days2021 · as reported
Sergeant Doug Herner was demoted and suspended for 60 days by the Mantua Township Police Department in 2021; the two sanctions co-occurred. According to the department's synopsis, the discipline was for violations of its social media policy. The agency did not provide the specific sustained charges.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
DemotedSuspended 60 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Violations of Social Media Policy
Joyce Lee · Absecon City Police Department · 2021
DemotedSuspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same year · similar sanction outcome
Christine Caldwell · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2021
DemotedSuspended 30 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Curtis Shaffer Ii · Cumberland County Sheriff's Department · 2021
DemotedSuspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): Abuse of Authority
same year · similar sanction outcome
James Lawson · Department Of Corrections · 2021
DemotedSuspended 90 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Patrick Mcdermott · Dumont Police Department · 2021
DemotedSuspended 180 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Sergeant Doug Herner was demoted and suspended for 60 days by the Mantua Township Police Department in 2021; the two sanctions co-occurred. According to the department's synopsis, the discipline was for violations of its social media policy. The agency did not provide the specific sustained charges.
Doug Herner has one major discipline record at Mantua Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Mantua Township Police Department reported 29 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Doug Herner individually.