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Youth Justice Commission · 1 record · 2024
Demoted2024 · as reported
Police Lieutenant O'Hara was demoted by the Youth Justice Commission in 2024. The record listed 1 PNDA and 3 charges, finding that O'Hara reported to work unfit and under the influence and was determined unfit for duty, was incapacitated to discharge his duty due to disability, and made false statements to an investigator. The number of days suspended was not reported. The sustained basis was other sufficient cause.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
DemotedSynopsis as reported by the agency
1 PNDA, 3 Charges (Reporting to Work Unfit; Incapacity to discharge one's duty due to disability, and Falsification; Employee came to work under the influence and determined unfit for duty; false statements to investigator)
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Nicholas Zatkos · Youth Justice Commission · 2024
Suspended 90 daysSustained charge(s): NJAC4A:2-2.3(a) 6 - Conduct unbecoming a public employee
same agency · same year
Nicholas Hussey · Mountainside Police Department · 2024
DemotedSustained charge(s): Insubordination/Disobeying An Order
same year · similar sanction outcome
Steven Araneo · Pine Beach Borough Police Department · 2024
DemotedSustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming / Discredit to the agency
same year · similar sanction outcome
Kathryn Kutepow · Somerset County Prosecutor's Office · 2024
DemotedSustained charge(s): 1 General Order; 3 Rules & Regulations
same year · similar sanction outcome
Stephan Kirksey · Youth Justice Commission · 2025
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): 1. Incompetency, Inefficiency, or Failure to Perform Duties 12. Other Sufficient Cause HR: 19.7 E1 Violation of a rule, regulation, policy,…
same agency
22 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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Police Transparency NJ, "Edward O'Hara, Youth Justice Commission," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/edward-o-hara-youth-justice-commission/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Police Lieutenant O'Hara was demoted by the Youth Justice Commission in 2024. The record listed 1 PNDA and 3 charges, finding that O'Hara reported to work unfit and under the influence and was determined unfit for duty, was incapacitated to discharge his duty due to disability, and made false statements to an investigator. The number of days suspended was not reported. The sustained basis was other sufficient cause.
Edward O'Hara has one major discipline record at Youth Justice Commission in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Edward O'Hara's reported base salary is $108,742, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Edward O'Hara has 23 years, 9 months of reported service.