Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Henry McLaughlin

Harrison Township Police Department · 1 record · 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 15 days

Rank as reported: Patrolman
Sustained charge(s): 2.1.3 Subsection 5; 3.1.1 Standard of Conduct; 3.11.1 Publicity; HPD IA SOP Section IV Subsection A - Duty of Employee to Self Report
Other sanction: Loss of time
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Patrolman Henry McLaughlin was suspended for 15 days by the Harrison Township Police Department in 2025. McLaughlin had police contact while in Ocean City, Maryland, and did not immediately report the interaction to department administration as required, instead consulting PBA representation before notifying administration a day later. During the contact he unnecessarily identified himself as a police officer. McLaughlin was found guilty of failing to stop at a steady circular red signal, and he also received a loss of time.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Ptl. McLaughlin had police contact while in Ocean City Maryland and did not immediately report this interaction with department administration as required. Instead, Ptl. McLaughlin consulted with PBA representation before notifying administration a day later. During the police contact, Ptl. McLaughlin unnecessarily identified himself as a police officer and his actions were found to violate our employee code of conduct. Ultimately, Ptl. McLaughlin was found guilty of “Failing to stop at a steady circular red signal.”

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $112,703
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 12 years, 3 months

How to read this

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 342. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 241523, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩