In 2023, the Evesham Township Police Department suspended Officer Matthew Carlin for 15 days. The record states that on November 29, 2022, Carlin investigated a juvenile-family crisis incident and failed to fully investigate the victim's allegations. Additional information obtained in 2023 substantiated those allegations and resulted in charges against the parents. The sustained charges included neglect of duty and performance of duty.
On November 29, 2022, Officer Matthew Carlin investigated a juvenile-family crisis incident. Officer Carlin failed to fully investigate the allegations made by the victim. Additional information obtained in 2023 substantiated the victim's allegations and resulted in charges against the parents. Officer Carlin's neglect and failure of his duty to conduct a proper investigation at the time of the incident based on his knowledge and obedience to laws and regulations supports the sustained charges. Officer Carlin was suspended for 15 days.
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What is a summary of Matthew Carlin's major discipline record?
In 2023, the Evesham Township Police Department suspended Officer Matthew Carlin for 15 days. The record states that on November 29, 2022, Carlin investigated a juvenile-family crisis incident and failed to fully investigate the victim's allegations. Additional information obtained in 2023 substantiated those allegations and resulted in charges against the parents. The sustained charges included neglect of duty and performance of duty.
What is Matthew Carlin's major discipline record at Evesham Township Police Department?
Matthew Carlin has one major discipline record at Evesham Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Evesham Township Police Department, the department Matthew Carlin worked for?
Evesham Township Police Department reported 93 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 Carlin individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1530. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8212. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩