Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

James Nevins

Pine Hill Police Department · 1 record · 2024

About this data

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Suspended 20 days

Rank as reported: Patrolman
Sustained charge(s): Weapons and Ammunition, Failure to Report off-duty incident,
Other sanction: Loss of time
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

While off duty in Washington Township, Gloucester County, Patrolman Nevins initiated a motor vehicle stop in his personal vehicle and ordered the other driver out; the driver refused and left, and Nevins called 911 to report it. After the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office filed no criminal charges, the Pine Hill Police Department's administrative investigation sustained findings that Nevins carried an unapproved off-duty handgun, failed to report the off-duty incident, and engaged in conduct unbecoming. He was suspended for 20 days, and the record notes loss of time.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Ptl. Nevins was involved in an off duty, motor vehicle complaint incident in Washington Twp, Gloucester County where he initiated a motor vehicle stop in his personal vehicle and ordered the driver of the other vehicle out of the car. The driver refused to exit his vehicle and left the scene. At which time Ptl. Nevins call 9-1-1. He was connected to Gloucester Township Communications center and reported the incident. The driver(complainant) reported the Ptl. Nevins displayed a firearm during the incident. The initial complaint was investigated by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. The criminal investigation was completed resulting in no criminal charges being filed and the complaint was sent to this agency for an administrative investigation. The administrative investigation resulted in the following sustained findings; violation of the Weapons and Ammunition Policy for carrying an un-approved off duty handgun, violations of PHPD Rules and Regulations for failing to report the off-duty incident as required, and overall an officer, for driving erratically and attempting to initiate a motor vehicle stop off-duty in his personal vehicle.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $56,362
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 4 years, 11 months

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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1023. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 239791, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩