Sergeant Josh Gunnell separated from the Point Pleasant Borough Police Department while an internal affairs matter was pending, on a charge listed as other criminal. The record states that on June 25, 2023 Gunnell was arrested and charged with shoplifting and under-ringing while off duty at a Walmart in Brick, and that further investigation led to 2 additional shoplifting counts from earlier dates that month, with the items totaling more than $200.00. Gunnell resigned as part of an irrevocable separation agreement.
On June 25th, 2023 the officer was arrested and charged with shoplifting and underringing while off-duty, in civilian attire, at a Walmart in Brick. Officer had been observed on surveillance at self-checkout not scanning all of the items in the cart before leaving the store. Further investigation revealed that this was not the first time and officer was charged with 2 additional counts of shoplifting from different dates earlier in the month of June. The amount of items for all 3 shoplifting incidents totaled more than $200.00. Officer resigned as part of an irrevocable separation agreement.
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Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists 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. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Josh Gunnell's major discipline record?
Sergeant Josh Gunnell separated from the Point Pleasant Borough Police Department while an internal affairs matter was pending, on a charge listed as other criminal. The record states that on June 25, 2023 Gunnell was arrested and charged with shoplifting and under-ringing while off duty at a Walmart in Brick, and that further investigation led to 2 additional shoplifting counts from earlier dates that month, with the items totaling more than $200.00. Gunnell resigned as part of an irrevocable separation agreement.
What is Josh Gunnell's major discipline record at Point Pleasant Borough Police Department?
Josh Gunnell has one major discipline record at Point Pleasant Borough Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Point Pleasant Borough Police Department, the department Josh Gunnell worked for?
Point Pleasant Borough Police Department reported 34 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Josh Gunnell individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1846. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8528. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩