Suspended 288 daysSeparated while IA pending2023 · as reported
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.
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.
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What is a summary of John McClave III's major discipline record?
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.
What is John McClave III's major discipline record at Hillside Police Department?
John McClave III has one major discipline record at Hillside Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Hillside Police Department, the department John McClave III worked for?
Hillside Police Department reported 63 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 McClave III individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1983. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8607. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩