Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 288 daysSeparated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- , Code of Ethics, Standards of Conduct, Obedience to Laws, Ordinances and Written Directives, , , All Other Conduct.
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer John McClave III was suspended for 288 days by the Hillside Police Department and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. On October 9, 2021, while driving to work on the Garden State Parkway in Tinton Falls, McClave's vehicle left the elevated roadway and landed on a vehicle below, killing the driver and passenger. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office charged him with two counts of vehicular homicide. McClave was suspended without pay pending trial and resigned effective August 8, 2023.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On Saturday October 9th 2021, Officer McClave was driving to work on the Garden State Parkway in Tinton Falls, Monmouth County, when his vehicle left the elevated roadway and landed on a vehicle on the roadway below, killing the driver and passenger. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office investigated the fatal accident and Officer McClave was subsequently charged by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office with two counts of vehicular homicide. Upon Hillside Police Department being notified of the charges, Officer McClave was immediately suspended without pay pending the outcome of a criminal trial. While suspended without pay and still awaiting trial, Officer McClave submitted a letter of resignation from his position of police officer with the Hillside Police Department effective August 8, 2023.