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Laron Capers

Linden Police Department · 2 records · 2022, 2024

Suspended 90 daysmost recent record, 2024 · as reported

Capers has 2 sustained major discipline records from Linden PD, spanning 2022 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming a public employee; truthfulness; Insubrdination, Conduct Unbecomming a Public Employee (LEO).

Discipline timeline, 2022 to 2024

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2022 to 2024

Major discipline records reported for Laron Capers, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20221Suspension
20230No record published
20241Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 90 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In 2024, Linden Police Department imposed a 90-day suspension on Officer Capers. According to the record, in March 2023 Capers admitted to repeatedly lying to his direct supervisor about cell phone usage and to sharing confidential police reports with unsworn civilians on various dates, and he made contradictory statements in later interviews. The record states the recordable suspension of 90 working days was held in abeyance. The sustained charges were Insubordination and Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Insubrdination
  • Conduct Unbecomming a Public Employee (LEO)
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

In March 2023, Officer Capers admitted to repeatedly lying to his direct supervisor in regards to cell phone usage. He also admitted to sharing confidential police reports with unsworn civilians on various dates. Additionally, contradictory statements were made to investigators in subsequent interviews. Capers served a recordable suspension on the record for 90 working days, which is held in abeyance.

Major discipline · 2022[2]

Suspended 180 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Linden Police Department imposed a 180-day suspension on Officer Capers in a 2022 record. According to the record, on June 7, 2021, Capers was involved in an off-duty domestic violence incident, and an investigation that included home security video found that he removed a handbag from the victim's vehicle and refused to return it. During his administrative interview, Capers gave false statements to the internal affairs investigator, and the handbag was later returned. The charges of conduct unbecoming and truthfulness were sustained, and the appeal became final in 2022.

Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • a public employee
  • truthfulness
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On June 7, 2021, PO Laron Capers was involved in an off-duty domestic violence incident. An internal investigation, which included home security video evidence, found that PO Capers removed a handbag from the victim's vehicle and refused to return it. During his administrative interview, PO Capers gave false statements to the Internal Affairs investigator about the incident. The handbag was later returned. PO Capers was sustained of Department Rules and Regulations relating to standards of conduct and truthfulness. The conduct occurred in 2021, but the appeal became final in 2022.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Michael Mikolajczyk · Linden Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 8 days

    Sustained charge(s): Chronic and excessive absenteeism, unauthorized absences.

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Peter Mitros · Linden Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 8 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee (LEO)

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Mikolajczyk · Linden Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 12 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Mikolajczyk · Linden Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Mikolajczyk · Linden Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Linden Police Department

7 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$92,412
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
5 years, 10 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Laron Capers's major discipline record?

Capers has 2 sustained major discipline records from Linden PD, spanning 2022 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming a public employee; truthfulness; Insubrdination, Conduct Unbecomming a Public Employee (LEO).

What is Laron Capers's major discipline record at Linden Police Department?

Laron Capers has 2 major discipline records at Linden Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Laron Capers's base salary on record?

Laron Capers's reported base salary is $92,412, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Laron Capers has 5 years, 10 months of reported service.

How large is Linden Police Department, the department Laron Capers worked for?

Linden Police Department reported 142 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Laron Capers individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1441. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2392. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1441. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1441, 2392.
  4. [4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 231945, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  5. [5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8609. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.