Suspended 5 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Dsurney has 2 sustained major discipline records from South Orange PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: SOPD Rules & Regulations 4:1-1 Standard of Conduct/NJ Title 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming; Insubordination.
Discipline timeline, 2024 to 2025
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2 records, 2024 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Matthew Dsurney, by year
A charge of insubordination was sustained against Officer Dsurney by the South Orange Police Department in 2025 after he used a personal cell phone for official police business by documenting case notes. The record states he had previously been disciplined for using the same device to take photos during a call for service and ordered to stop. Dsurney received a five-day suspension, which the record notes equals 60 hours given his 12-hour shift.
A charge of was sustained against Officer Dsurney after he was found to be using a personal device (cell phone) for official police business (documenting case notes). The officer was previously disciplined for using the same personal device to take photos during a call for service and ordered to cease using any personal devices for evidentiary purposes. For the purposes of major discipline reporting, it should be noted that the officer's shift is 12 hours long thus a five-day suspension equals 60 hours of lost time.
In 2024, the South Orange Police Department suspended Officer Dsurney for four days after he used the desk commander's computer in the commander's absence, where the record states he had no duty, reason, or permission to do so. The sustained charges were standard of conduct and conduct unbecoming. The record notes the four-day suspension equals 48 hours of lost time given his 12-hour shift.
SOPD Rules & Regulations 4:1-1 Standard of Conduct/NJ Title (a)(6)
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Dsurney, while in the communications room at police headquarters, used or accessed the desk commander's computer in the commander's absence and where he had no duty, reason or permission to do so. For the purposes of major discipline reporting, it shall be noted that the officer's shift is 12 hours long thus a four-day suspension equals 48 hours of lost time which triggers said reporting.
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Darrell Terry · South Orange Police Department · 2021
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.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Matthew Dsurney's major discipline record?
Dsurney has 2 sustained major discipline records from South Orange PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: SOPD Rules & Regulations 4:1-1 Standard of Conduct/NJ Title 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming; Insubordination.
What is Matthew Dsurney's major discipline record at South Orange Police Department?
Matthew Dsurney has 2 major discipline records at South Orange Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Matthew Dsurney's base salary on record?
Matthew Dsurney's reported base salary is $133,939, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Matthew Dsurney has 7 years, 11 months of reported service.
How large is South Orange Police Department, the department Matthew Dsurney worked for?
South Orange Police Department reported 44 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 Dsurney individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 339. 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 1083. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 339. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 339, 1083. ↩
[4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 231814, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8303. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩