Plain-language summary (this site, across all records below)
Rios has 2 sustained major discipline records from Franklin Twp PD, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Absence from Duty; Police officers shall abide by all rules, regulations and department procedures and directives governing police officer employees. (2).
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Franklin Township Police Department - Somerset County reported that Sergeant Manuel Rios was absent from duty by failing to review and audit POSS entries regarding his overtime and compensatory time off, and submitted false reports. Rios signed up for extra duty assignments he was ineligible to work, violated the maximum number of work hours on multiple occasions, and received compensatory time from a training class he failed to attend. He forfeited four vacation days and resigned in lieu of charges that would have resulted in demotion and major discipline.
regulations and department procedures and directives governing police officer employees. (2)
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Rios was absent from duty by failing to review and audit POSS entries regarding his overtime and compensatory time off. By failing to review these entries, Sergeant Rios submitted false reports. Sergeant Rios violated policy on several occasions by signing up for extra duty employment assignments that he was ineligible to work. He also violated the maximum number of work hours allowed on multiple occasions and received compensatory time from a training class that he failed to attend. Lastly, Sergeant Rios failed to act with the highest ethical and moral standards expected of officers. Sergeant Rios forfeited four vacation days and resigned in lieu of these charges that would have resulted in demotion and major discipline.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Manuel Rios was suspended for 90 days and forfeited 90 days of accrued time, the Franklin Township Police Department - Somerset County reported. Rios was absent from duty by failing to review and audit POSS entries regarding his overtime, vacation and holiday pay.
Officer Rios was suspended for 90 days and forfeit 90 days of accrued time. Officer Rios was absent from duty by failing to review and audit POSS entries regarding his overtime, vacation and holiday pay.
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.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Teddy Cerra · Franklin Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 2,043 daysSeparated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): Indictable Offense and Candor
Sustained charge(s): 3:1.4 Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules & General Orders
same year · similar sanction outcome
Matthew Kochis · Burlington Township Police Department · 2025
Suspended 20 daysSeparated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): Truthfulness & Neglect of Duty
same year · similar sanction outcome
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Manuel Rios's major discipline record?
Rios has 2 sustained major discipline records from Franklin Twp PD, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Absence from Duty; Police officers shall abide by all rules, regulations and department procedures and directives governing police officer employees. (2).
What is Manuel Rios's major discipline record at Franklin Township Police Department?
Manuel Rios has 2 major discipline records at Franklin Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Manuel Rios's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Manuel Rios at Franklin Township Police Department.
What is Manuel Rios's base salary on record?
Manuel Rios's reported base salary is $124,686, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Manuel Rios has 20 years, 5 months of reported service.
How large is Franklin Township Police Department, the department Manuel Rios worked for?
Franklin Township Police Department reported 103 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Manuel Rios individually.
How does Franklin Township Police Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Franklin Township Police Department in the highest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Manuel Rios individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 522. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2294. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 241383, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8574. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩