Violation of NJ AG Guideline Use of Force Addendum B - Vehicle Pursuit Policy (subsections3.4, 4.2, 5.3, 10.1 and MTPD Rules and Regulations 3.4.11-Obey all Departmental Rules and Regulations
Other sanction
Training coaching or counseling
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Patrolman Ekne Montalvo was suspended for 20 days by the Middletown Police Department in 2025 and also received training, coaching, or counseling. Montalvo engaged in a vehicle pursuit without supervisory approval or a request to assist from the jurisdiction that initiated it. The pursuit was at excessive speed and continued after the officer lost sight of the suspect vehicle. The sustained charges included violations of the New Jersey Attorney General Vehicle Pursuit Policy and department rules and regulations.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Ptl. Montalvo engaged in a vehicle pursuitwithout supervisory approval or a request to assist from the jurisdiction that initiated it. The pursuit was at excessive speed and continued after the officer lost sight of the suspect vehicle.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 467. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 232618, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩