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.
Unauthorized vehicle pursuit and multiple rule violations
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
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.
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.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of James Boylan's major discipline record?
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.
What is James Boylan's major discipline record at Franklin Township Police Department?
James Boylan has one major discipline record at Franklin Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does James Boylan's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for James Boylan at Franklin Township Police Department.
What is James Boylan's base salary on record?
James Boylan's reported base salary is $104,735, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. James Boylan has 7 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Franklin Township Police Department, the department James Boylan worked for?
Franklin Township Police Department reported 103 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about James Boylan individually.
How does Franklin Township Police Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Franklin Township Police Department in the highest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not James Boylan individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1269. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 241311, 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 8574. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩