Suspended 20 daysSeparated while IA pending2025 · as reported
Patrolman Joshua Ward was suspended for 20 days by the Gloucester Township Police Department. On February 25, 2025, while assigned as the School Resource Officer at Ann Mullen Middle School, Ward was involved in responding to a fight between students. The department reported that a review of body-worn camera footage, school surveillance, reports, and administrative interviews determined that Ward failed to act in accordance with his duties.
Civil Service Regulations: , or failure to perform duties
a public employee
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On February 25, 2025, while assigned as the School Resource Officer at Ann Mullen Middle School, Ptl. Ward was involved with responding to a fight between students. A review of body-worn camera footage, school surveillance, reports, and administrative interviews determined that Ptl. Ward failed to act in accordance with his duties.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Joshua Ward's major discipline record?
Patrolman Joshua Ward was suspended for 20 days by the Gloucester Township Police Department. On February 25, 2025, while assigned as the School Resource Officer at Ann Mullen Middle School, Ward was involved in responding to a fight between students. The department reported that a review of body-worn camera footage, school surveillance, reports, and administrative interviews determined that Ward failed to act in accordance with his duties.
What is Joshua Ward's major discipline record at Gloucester Township Police Department?
Joshua Ward has one major discipline record at Gloucester Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Gloucester Township Police Department, the department Joshua Ward worked for?
Gloucester Township Police Department reported 130 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 Ward individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 254. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8248. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩