Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Joel Jones

Woodbridge Township Police Department · 1 record · 2022

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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 45 days

Rank as reported: Ofc.
Sustained charge(s): Standard of conduct, Loyalty, Cooperation, General Responsibilities (4 Counts), , Performance of Duty, , Obedience to laws and regulations, Criticism of official acts or orders, Conduct towards superior and subordinate officers and associates, harassment(admin charge), simple assault(admin charge), general causes (5 counts)
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

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

Woodbridge Twp PD reported that Officer Joel Jones was on duty in June 2021 when he engaged in a confrontation with another officer that led to him head-butting that officer. No injuries were reported. An investigation reached the sustained finding that Jones was the aggressor in the incident. He was suspended for 45 days, and the sustained charges included neglect of duty, insubordination, and simple assault as an administrative charge.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Jones was on duty in June 2021. He engaged in a confrontation with another Officer that led to him head-butting the other Officer. There were no injuries reported. An investigation led to the sustained finding that Officer Jones was the aggressor in the incident. He was suspended for 45 days.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $97,740
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 20 years, 8 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 2249. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 228274, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩