Patrol Officer Blount was terminated by New Hanover Township PD. The record states he reported late for work 3 times during a 1 month period, failed to take police action by not responding to 3 separate emergency calls, and failed to respond to or acknowledge an incident where an officer was on a pedestrian encounter. The stated grounds were Neglect of Duty, Dereliction of Duty, Failure to Provide Assistance, and Standards of Conduct.
Terminated for , Dereliction of Duty, Failure to Provide Assistance and Standards of Conduct. Joseph Blount reported late for work 3 times during a 1 month period, failed to take police action by not responding to 3 separate emergency calls and failed to respond or acknowledge an incident where an officer was on a pedestrian encounter.
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Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Joseph Blount's major discipline record?
Patrol Officer Blount was terminated by New Hanover Township PD. The record states he reported late for work 3 times during a 1 month period, failed to take police action by not responding to 3 separate emergency calls, and failed to respond to or acknowledge an incident where an officer was on a pedestrian encounter. The stated grounds were Neglect of Duty, Dereliction of Duty, Failure to Provide Assistance, and Standards of Conduct.
What is Joseph Blount's major discipline record at New Hanover Township Police Department?
Joseph Blount has one major discipline record at New Hanover Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Joseph Blount's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Joseph Blount's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2021.
How large is New Hanover Township Police Department, the department Joseph Blount worked for?
New Hanover Township Police Department reported 3 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Joseph Blount individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2457. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8223. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩