Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Investigator Edward McCormick was suspended for 20 days by the Gloucester County Sheriffs Office. In January 2023, while on duty, McCormick typed several letters on official office letterhead soliciting donations for his own personal use. The office reported that he signed the letters in his official capacity as an Investigator and provided them to several local businesses, without permission from the Sheriff to solicit the donations or to use the department letterhead for personal business.
In January of 2023, Investigator McCormick, while on-duty, typed several letters on official Gloucester County Sheriff's Office letterhead soliciting donations for his own personal use. Investigator McCormick signed the letter in his official capacity as an Investigator with the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office and provided the letter to several local businesses. Investigator McCormick did not have permission from Sheriff Sammons to solicit the donations or to use the department letterhead for personal business.
Compensation and pension
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Similar records
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Mark Hasenpat · Gloucester County Sheriff's Department · 2023
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Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
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Derek Barow · Gloucester County Sheriff's Department · 2024
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Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
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Suspended 10 days
Sustained charge(s): Dissemination of Information
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Edward McCormick's major discipline record?
Investigator Edward McCormick was suspended for 20 days by the Gloucester County Sheriffs Office. In January 2023, while on duty, McCormick typed several letters on official office letterhead soliciting donations for his own personal use. The office reported that he signed the letters in his official capacity as an Investigator and provided them to several local businesses, without permission from the Sheriff to solicit the donations or to use the department letterhead for personal business.
What is Edward McCormick's major discipline record at Gloucester County Sheriff's Department?
Edward McCormick has one major discipline record at Gloucester County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Edward McCormick's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Edward McCormick at Gloucester County Sheriff's Department.
How does Gloucester County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Gloucester County Sheriff's Department in the highest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Edward McCormick individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1683. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩