Patrolman John Decker was disciplined by the Manchester Township Police Department in an investigation completed in 2022. While on patrol on September 23, 2021, Decker engaged in an unreported and unauthorized pursuit of a motorcycle through a residential neighborhood. He violated several general orders, including the pursuit guidelines, failing to report the incident, failing to provide his location to dispatch, improper use of the mobile video recorder, and neglect of duty. Decker was suspended for 48 days and forfeited 48 days of accumulated time.
G.O. Communications, G.O. Traf. Enforce. & Control G.O. Mobil Video Recorder G.O. Pursuit & Forcible Stop. G.O. , G.O. Knowl. Laws and Regs. G.O. Reporting, G.O. Obedience to Laws and Regulations
Manchester General Order
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
While on patrol on September 23, 2021, Ptl. Decker engaged in an unreported and unauthorized pursuit of a motorcycle. During the pursuit, Ptl. Decker pursued the motorcycle through a residential neighborhood. In doing so, Ptl. Decker violated several Manchester Police General Orders to include provisions of the Pursuit and Forcible Stopping Guidelines G.O., failure to report the incident, failure to provide information to dispatch as to his location, improper use of the vehicle's MVR system, (Mobile Video Recording), failure to complete written reports as required, for failing to give suitable attention to the performance of his duties, and lacking knowledge of and compliance with established Police Department General Orders. The conduct occurred in 2021, but the investigation was completed in 2022. Ptl. Decker was suspended for a total of 48 days and was required to forfeit 48 days of accumulated personal, sick, compensatory, and or vacation time.
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Other officers at Manchester Township Police Department
One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of John Decker's major discipline record?
Patrolman John Decker was disciplined by the Manchester Township Police Department in an investigation completed in 2022. While on patrol on September 23, 2021, Decker engaged in an unreported and unauthorized pursuit of a motorcycle through a residential neighborhood. He violated several general orders, including the pursuit guidelines, failing to report the incident, failing to provide his location to dispatch, improper use of the mobile video recorder, and neglect of duty. Decker was suspended for 48 days and forfeited 48 days of accumulated time.
What is John Decker's major discipline record at Manchester Township Police Department?
John Decker has one major discipline record at Manchester Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is John Decker's pension on record?
John Decker's reported monthly pension allowance is $8,560.39, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. John Decker has 25 years of reported service.
How large is Manchester Township Police Department, the department John Decker worked for?
Manchester Township Police Department reported 76 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about John Decker individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2276. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 372822 (member 44369439), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8522. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩