Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Provisional Lieutenant Matthew Buerklin failed to sign up for the Lieutenant promotional exam by the deadline and then requested a late enrollment, providing documentation to the Civil Service Commission that stated he was on leave without email access. The investigation found that Buerklin was not on leave and did have access to email. The Monroe Twp PD - Gloucester County sustained charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and neglect of duty. He was demoted and suspended for 63 days.
On 1/29/25 this agency received documentation from Civil Service Commission that provisional Lt. Matt Buerklin failed to sign up for the Lieutenant promotional exam by the due date and requested a late sign up. He provided documentation to CSC indicating he was on leave during the enrollment period and didn't have access to email. The investigaton found that Lt. Buerklin wasn't on leave and did have access to email. The IA was sustained for truthfulness and .
Compensation and pension
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Matthew Buerklin's major discipline record?
Provisional Lieutenant Matthew Buerklin failed to sign up for the Lieutenant promotional exam by the deadline and then requested a late enrollment, providing documentation to the Civil Service Commission that stated he was on leave without email access. The investigation found that Buerklin was not on leave and did have access to email. The Monroe Twp PD - Gloucester County sustained charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and neglect of duty. He was demoted and suspended for 63 days.
What is Matthew Buerklin's major discipline record at Monroe Township Police Department?
Matthew Buerklin has one major discipline record at Monroe Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Matthew Buerklin's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Matthew Buerklin at Monroe Township Police Department.
How large is Monroe Township Police Department, the department Matthew Buerklin worked for?
Monroe Township Police Department reported 67 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Matthew Buerklin individually.
How does Monroe Township Police Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Monroe 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 Matthew Buerklin individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 344. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8323. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩