Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Matthew Hoelzel

Bridgewater Township Police Department · 1 record · 2024

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): Rules and Regulations: Standard of Conduct, Obedience to laws, Impartiality, Release of Information
Other sanction: Loss of time
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Officer Matthew Hoelzel used the mobile data terminal in his marked patrol vehicle to run a New Jersey license plate through NJCJIS, which returned to a name he recognized, and he then shared that information with an unauthorized person. The Bridgewater Township Police Department suspended Hoelzel for 10 days, made up of 5 unpaid days and 5 vacation days forfeited. The sustained charges were Standard of Conduct, Obedience to laws, Impartiality, and Release of Information.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Matthew Hoelzel was suspended 10 days (5 unpaid days and 5 vacation days forfeited). He utilized his mobile data terminal in his marked patrol vehicle and ran a New Jersey License plate via NJCJIS which returned to a name he recognized. He then shared that information with an unauthorized person

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $98,959
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 7 years, 2 months

How to read this

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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1267. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 241443, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩