Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 30 days- Rank as reported
- Lieutenant
- Sustained charge(s)
- Rule 3:8.4 - Reports and Bookings
- Separated while IA pending
- not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In 2022, the Franklin Borough Police Department suspended Lieutenant Jeffrey Smith for 30 days. The record states that in 2018 Smith was randomly selected for drug testing under the New Jersey Attorney General's Law Enforcement Drug Testing Policy and was found to have obtained CDS by fraud and falsified several official documents to conceal the misconduct. As part of a settlement, Smith pled guilty to a reports and bookings rule and other charges were dismissed.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
In 2018, the department conducted random drug testing in accordance with the New Jersey Attorney General's (AG) Law Enforcement Drug Testing Policy, AG Directive No. 2018-2, and department policy. Smith was one of the officers randomly selected for testing. Smith was subsequently found to have obtained CDS by fraud and falsified several official documents pertaining to the drug test to conceal the misconduct. In 2022, As part of a settlement agreement with the Borough of Franklin, Smith pled guilty to Rule 3:8.4 - Reports and Bookings, and other charges were dismissed.