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.
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)
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.
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Other officers at Woodbridge Township Police Department
12 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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 Joel Jones's major discipline record?
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.
What is Joel Jones's major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department?
Joel Jones has one major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Joel Jones's base salary on record?
Joel Jones's reported base salary is $97,740, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Joel Jones has 20 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Woodbridge Township Police Department, the department Joel Jones worked for?
Woodbridge Township Police Department reported 222 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Joel Jones individually.
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/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8412. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩