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James Daniel

Dunellen Police Department · 2 records · 2021, 2023

Suspended 20 daysmost recent record, 2023 · as reported

Daniel has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dunellen PD, spanning 2021 to 2023. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Refusal of proper order by a Superior Officer; 1.(Rule 31)Neglect of Duty 2.(Rule 25)Refusal to Obey proper orders from superiors. 3.(Rule 3)Repeated violations Department Rules and Regs. (Rule 8)Failure to comply with Chiefs orders, directives, regulations oral or written.

Discipline timeline, 2021 to 2023

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2021 to 2023

Major discipline records reported for James Daniel, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20211Suspension
20220No record published
20231Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended 20 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Patrolman James Daniel of the Dunellen Police Department received a 20-day suspension in 2023 for failing to read department emails after having been disciplined previously for the same conduct. Under the penalty, Daniel forfeited 11 vacation days and 4 personal days and was suspended for 5 working days in April. The sustained charges included neglect of duty and refusal to obey proper orders from superiors.

Rank as reported
Patrolman (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • 1.(Rule 31) 2.(Rule 25)Refusal to Obey proper orders from superiors. 3.(Rule 3)Repeated violations Department Rules and Regs. (Rule 8)Failure to comply with Chiefs orders
  • directives
  • regulations oral or written.
Separated while IA pending
not reported

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Failing to read Department E-mails after being disciplined in the past for same. Officer Daniel received a (20)Day suspension in which he forfeited (11)Vacation days, (4)Personal Days and was suspended for (5) working days in April.

Major discipline · 2021[2]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In 2021, the Dunellen Police Department suspended Officer James Daniel for 10 days. According to the record, Daniel refused a proper order from a superior officer and violated department rules and regulations. No further detail about the incident was provided.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Refusal of proper order by a Superior Officer.
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Daniel Violated stated department rules and regs and was suspended 10 days.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Justin Tracy · Audubon Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty / Performance of Duty / Temporary Detention Violation

    same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Richard Killmer · Bayonne Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 180 days

    Sustained charge(s): Indictable Offense Conduct Unbecoming Neglect of Duty Rule Violations

    same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Eduardo Mena-Ramos · Bayonne Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Preventable MV Crash Neglect of Duty Rule Violations

    same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Thomas Infusino · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2023

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 2 - Insubordination 4A:2-2.3(a) 6 - Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 7 - Neglect of Duty 4A:2-2.3(a) 12 -Other…

    same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Jones Pointdujour · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2023

    Suspended 35 days

    Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 - Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a) 7 - Neglect of Duty 4A:2-2.3(a) 12 – Other Sufficient…

    same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Dunellen Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$6,646.89
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$6,646.89
Final salary basis
$122,712
Retired
October 2024
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
25 years

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of James Daniel's major discipline record?

Daniel has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dunellen PD, spanning 2021 to 2023. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Refusal of proper order by a Superior Officer; 1.(Rule 31)Neglect of Duty 2.(Rule 25)Refusal to Obey proper orders from superiors. 3.(Rule 3)Repeated violations Department Rules and Regs. (Rule 8)Failure to comply with Chiefs orders, directives, regulations oral or written.

What is James Daniel's major discipline record at Dunellen Police Department?

James Daniel has 2 major discipline records at Dunellen Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is James Daniel's pension on record?

James Daniel's reported monthly pension allowance is $6,646.89, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. James Daniel has 25 years of reported service.

How large is Dunellen Police Department, the department James Daniel worked for?

Dunellen Police Department reported 17 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 Daniel individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1777. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2607. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1777. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1777, 2607. ↩
  4. [4]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 360114 (member 44348368), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  5. [5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8390. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩