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.
HPD IA SOP Section IV Subsection A - Duty of Employee to Self Report
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
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.”
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Police Transparency NJ, "Henry McLaughlin, Harrison Township Police Department," last updated 2026-09-07, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/henry-mclaughlin-harrison-twp-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Henry McLaughlin's major discipline record?
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.
What is Henry McLaughlin's major discipline record at Harrison Township Police Department?
Henry McLaughlin has one major discipline record at Harrison Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Henry McLaughlin's base salary on record?
Henry McLaughlin's reported base salary is $112,703, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Henry McLaughlin has 12 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Harrison Township Police Department, the department Henry McLaughlin worked for?
Harrison Township Police Department reported 23 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Henry McLaughlin individually.
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/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8320. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩