Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Malcolm Eddington

Jersey City Police Department · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 90 days

Rank as reported: P.O.
Sustained charge(s): Identification,
Separated while IA pending: not reported

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Police Officer Malcolm Eddington was suspended for 90 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2023. The department reported that on 12/17/2021, Eddington failed to identify himself as a police officer to the Central Communications Room when he called in a dispute and assault, and that he failed to take police action upon witnessing a family member commit an assault. Sustained charges were identification and neglect of duty.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 12/17/2021, P.O. Malcolm Eddington failed to identify himself as a police officer to the Central Communications Room when he called in a dispute/assault. P.O. M. Eddington failed to take police action upon witnessing a family member commit an Assault.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $114,293
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 9 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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1739. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 233081, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩