Patrolman Keith Irons of the Dunellen Police Department was suspended for 31 days in 2024 and lost time. Irons called out sick for a scheduled shift and failed to notify the department of his true location, where department property was stolen from his unsecured vehicle. When asked for a written explanation, Irons was initially untruthful, but he later voluntarily came forward and admitted being untruthful about his whereabouts before an internal affairs investigation was initiated.
Officer Irons called out sick for scheduled shift. It was later discovered that Irons, failed to notify his department of his true location and where department property was stolen from his unsecured vehicle. When asked to give a written explanation as to what had happened and was stolen, Irons was initially untruthful in his documented letter. After other discrepancies were noticed, Irons voluntarily came forward and admitted to being untruthful about his whereabouts that night, before an Internal Affairs Invest was actually initiated.
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What is a summary of Keith Irons's major discipline record?
Patrolman Keith Irons of the Dunellen Police Department was suspended for 31 days in 2024 and lost time. Irons called out sick for a scheduled shift and failed to notify the department of his true location, where department property was stolen from his unsecured vehicle. When asked for a written explanation, Irons was initially untruthful, but he later voluntarily came forward and admitted being untruthful about his whereabouts before an internal affairs investigation was initiated.
What is Keith Irons's major discipline record at Dunellen Police Department?
Keith Irons has one major discipline record at Dunellen Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Keith Irons's base salary on record?
Keith Irons's reported base salary is $113,215, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Keith Irons has 14 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Dunellen Police Department, the department Keith Irons worked for?
Dunellen Police Department reported 17 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Keith Irons individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1166. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 223275, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8390. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩