On August 16, 2021, Patrolman Joshua Gardner was involved in a foot pursuit of a suspect connected to a report of burglary to a motor vehicle. When the suspect stopped and raised his hands, Gardner tackled him and struck him in the face, causing a laceration. At another location tied to the same attempted theft, Gardner entered a shed with his service weapon drawn and jabbed his firearm into a hiding suspect's side while pulling him to the ground. The Bordentown Township Police Department suspended Gardner for 15 days.
On August 16, 2021 Ptl. Gardner was involved in a foot pursuit of a suspect in connection with a report of burglary to a motor vehicle. During the pursuit, the suspect finally stopped and raised his hands. Ptl. Gardner tackled him and struck the suspect in the face. The suspect suffered injuries including a laceration to the face. Ptl. Gardner later arrived at a location where two other suspects involved in the same attempted theft were located. Ptl. Gardner entered a shed with his service weapon drawn where one suspect was hiding in the corner. While pulling the suspect to the ground Ptl. Gardner jabbed his firearm into the suspect’s side.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Joshua Gardner's major discipline record?
On August 16, 2021, Patrolman Joshua Gardner was involved in a foot pursuit of a suspect connected to a report of burglary to a motor vehicle. When the suspect stopped and raised his hands, Gardner tackled him and struck him in the face, causing a laceration. At another location tied to the same attempted theft, Gardner entered a shed with his service weapon drawn and jabbed his firearm into a hiding suspect's side while pulling him to the ground. The Bordentown Township Police Department suspended Gardner for 15 days.
What is Joshua Gardner's major discipline record at Bordentown Township Police Department?
Joshua Gardner has one major discipline record at Bordentown Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Bordentown Township Police Department, the department Joshua Gardner worked for?
Bordentown Township Police Department reported 30 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Joshua Gardner individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2062. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8203. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩