According to Woodbridge Twp PD, Officer Jacob Manente was in Ocean City, Maryland, with a relative who is also a police officer and engaged in a physical altercation with that person. Both individuals were injured and both were arrested, and the criminal charges were later dismissed. A departmental investigation found that they had violated rules and regulations. Manente was suspended for 20 days without pay. The sustained charge was Conduct Unbecoming.
Officer Manente was in Ocean City Maryland with a relative who is also a police officer, and engaged in a physical altercation with that person. Both individuals suffered injuries and both were arrested. The criminal charges were later dismissed. A departmental investigation found that they had violated rules and regulations. Officer Manente was suspended for 20 days, unpaid.
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Robert Vanco · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2023
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Mario Aochoa · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2023
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Sustained charge(s): Sick time reporting
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Zachary Manente · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 20 days
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
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Michael Petyo · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2025
Suspended 60 days
Sustained charge(s): 11:1 Standard of Conduct; 11:7 Neglect of Duty; 11:11 Obedience to Laws and Regulations; 11:33 Absence from Duty
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Hector Rivera · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2025
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Other officers at Woodbridge Township Police Department
12 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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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Jacob Manente's major discipline record?
According to Woodbridge Twp PD, Officer Jacob Manente was in Ocean City, Maryland, with a relative who is also a police officer and engaged in a physical altercation with that person. Both individuals were injured and both were arrested, and the criminal charges were later dismissed. A departmental investigation found that they had violated rules and regulations. Manente was suspended for 20 days without pay. The sustained charge was Conduct Unbecoming.
What is Jacob Manente's major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department?
Jacob Manente has one major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Woodbridge Township Police Department, the department Jacob Manente worked for?
Woodbridge Township Police Department reported 222 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Jacob Manente individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1798. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8412. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩