Major discipline · 2023[1]
Other sanction- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Harrassment Through Offensive Touching
- Separated while IA pending
- not reported
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Glenn Mannino of the Oceanport Police Department resigned during an active internal affairs investigation that was turned over to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office for criminal review. The investigation concerned Mannino inappropriately touching a female subject he had pulled over. Mannino resigned before pleading guilty in municipal court to harassment through offensive touching under N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4, and he forfeited public office. The department noted that he would have been subject to major discipline had he not resigned.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Ptl. Mannino resigned from employment during the course of an active Internal Affairs investigation which was turned over to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office for criminal review. Ptl. Mannino resigned prior to pleading guilty in Municipal Court to Harrassment Through Offensive Touching (2C:33-4) where he also forfeited public office. The underlying investigation was related to Ptl. Mannino innapropriately touching a female subject who he pulled over. Had Ptl. Mannino not resigned he would have been subject to major discipline due to his conduct.