On March 28, 2023, while off duty, Officer Marcus Matthews left a bar in a neighboring jurisdiction and drove to Camden City, where he drove his personal vehicle erratically and violated traffic laws before parking and engaging in inappropriate conduct with a friend. After Internal Affairs advised him on April 11, 2023, that he was needed for an administrative interview, Matthews conducted a series of unauthorized searches of the Mark43 records system to determine what the investigation concerned. The Camden PD imposed a 15-day suspension.
Employer has investigated a violation of the Camden County Police Department's Rules and Regulations through the Office of Internal Affairs involving Officer Marcus Matthews #427 under Internal Affairs case number 23-084. On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, just after 1:00 a.m. while off-duty, Officer Matthews left a bar in a neighboring jurisdiction and drove to Camden City. Once in the city, he drove his personal vehicle around erratically violating traffic laws. He then met with a friend, then drove and parked in a location in the City of Camden, where he engaged in inappropriate conduct with them. Also, on April 11, 2023, Internal Affairs contacted him and advised he was needed for an administrative interview. He then conducted a series of unauthorized searches of the Mark43 RMS system; in an attempt to determine what the internal affairs investigation was regarding.
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What is a summary of Marcus Matthews's major discipline record?
On March 28, 2023, while off duty, Officer Marcus Matthews left a bar in a neighboring jurisdiction and drove to Camden City, where he drove his personal vehicle erratically and violated traffic laws before parking and engaging in inappropriate conduct with a friend. After Internal Affairs advised him on April 11, 2023, that he was needed for an administrative interview, Matthews conducted a series of unauthorized searches of the Mark43 records system to determine what the investigation concerned. The Camden PD imposed a 15-day suspension.
What is Marcus Matthews's major discipline record at Camden Police Department?
Marcus Matthews has one major discipline record at Camden Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Marcus Matthews's base salary on record?
Marcus Matthews's reported base salary is $51,998, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Marcus Matthews has 11 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Camden Police Department, the department Marcus Matthews worked for?
Camden Police Department reported 359 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Marcus Matthews individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1003. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 244971, 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 8241. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩