Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Sayreville Police Department suspended Officer Leon Daley Jr. for 60 days in 2025. The record states that during his spring firearms qualifications, Daley Jr. fired multiple rounds at his target, exceeding the standard 60 rounds required for the course while qualifying with his off-duty weapon. He acknowledged purposely firing the additional rounds to pass the course, citing poor performance at the 25-yard line, after range instructors told him the course of fire was 60 rounds. The sustained charges were conduct unbecoming of a public employee and insubordination.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
During his spring firearms qualifications, Officer Leon Daley Jr. fired multiple rounds at his target, exceeding the standard 60 rounds required for the course while qualifying with his off-duty weapon. Officer Daley Jr. acknowledged that he purposely fired the additional rounds in an attempt to pass the course, citing poor performance during his initial round of fire at the 25-yard line. Officer Daley Jr. was instructed the course of fire was 60 rounds by Range Instructors and he deliberately disobeyed those orders by firing extra rounds
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Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 449. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 235056, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩