Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 4 days- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Unauthorized vehicle pursuit and multiple rule violations
- Other sanction
- Loss of time
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer James Boylan initiated an unauthorized vehicle pursuit on March 15, 2022, and was charged with several infractions, including conducting the pursuit outside the Attorney General Guidelines, failing to activate an audible siren, and not notifying Central Command. The Franklin Township Police Department - Somerset County reported that he also failed to properly search an arrestee, which led to the discovery of a loaded magazine. On February 9, 2024, Boylan pleaded guilty, was suspended for 42 working hours, and forfeited 84 hours of accrued compensatory time.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On March 15, 2022, Officer James Boylan was charged with several infractions related to an unauthorized vehicle pursuit which he initiated. These infractions included initiating a vehicle pursuit not in accordance with the Attorney General Guidelines, failing to activate an audible siren during a vehicle pursuit, failure to notify Central Command of the pursuit, failing to advise an arrestee that they were under arrest, failing to handcuff and properly search an arrestee, which resulted in the discovery of a loaded magazine, and failing to operate his body worn camera (BWC) and mobile video recorder (MVR) according to departmental policy. On February 9, 2024, Officer Boylan plead guilty to the above charges and was suspended for 42 working hours and forfeited 84 hours of accrued non-FLSA compensatory time.