Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 20 days- Rank as reported
- Investigator
- Sustained charge(s)
- ; Soliciting Gifts; Gratuities; Use of Position; Agency Address: Private Use of
- Separated while IA pending
- No
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.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
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.