Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 15 days- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Standards of Conduct, All Other Conduct , and Operation of Motor Vehicles
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
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.