Lakewood Police Department reported that in 2024 its Internal Affairs Bureau received information that Officer Burkhardt was using a camera-defeating license plate cover to avoid paying tolls and prevent detection. An investigation was initiated on June 5, 2024, but Burkhardt resigned before it concluded. Upon receipt of all available evidence, the Conduct Unbecoming allegation was sustained.
On June 5, 2024 the Internal Affairs Bureau received information that Officer Burkhardt was using a camera defeating license plate cover in order to avoid paying tolls and prevent detection. An investigation was initiated, however Officer Burhardt resigned prior to its final conclusion. Upon receipt of all available evidence the allegation was sustained.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Justin Burkhardt's major discipline record?
Lakewood Police Department reported that in 2024 its Internal Affairs Bureau received information that Officer Burkhardt was using a camera-defeating license plate cover to avoid paying tolls and prevent detection. An investigation was initiated on June 5, 2024, but Burkhardt resigned before it concluded. Upon receipt of all available evidence, the Conduct Unbecoming allegation was sustained.
What is Justin Burkhardt's major discipline record at Lakewood Police Department?
Justin Burkhardt has one major discipline record at Lakewood Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Lakewood Police Department, the department Justin Burkhardt worked for?
Lakewood Police Department reported 189 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Justin Burkhardt individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1229. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8518. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩