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.
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
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Matthew Hoelzel's major discipline record?
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.
What is Matthew Hoelzel's major discipline record at Bridgewater Township Police Department?
Matthew Hoelzel has one major discipline record at Bridgewater Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Matthew Hoelzel's base salary on record?
Matthew Hoelzel's reported base salary is $98,959, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Matthew Hoelzel has 7 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Bridgewater Township Police Department, the department Matthew Hoelzel worked for?
Bridgewater Township Police Department reported 79 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 Hoelzel individually.
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/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8572. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩