Officer Matthew Isler separated from the Hoboken Police Department while an internal affairs matter was pending in 2023. Dispatched after a business owner reported a person using drugs in front of the business, Isler walked past the individual without stopping him. The reporting person told Isler the man had narcotics and paraphernalia, but Isler did not detain him and allowed him to leave. Isler was under a Last Chance Agreement at the time and resigned before discipline, which would have been termination.
Hoboken Police Department Rules and Regulations: Failure to conduct a proper, thorough, and complete investigation
Failure to thoroughly search for, collect, preserve, and identify evidence
or person’s property, and locations, in any arrest or investigation
Failure to take appropriate action concerning illegal activity, including vice conditions and/or make a written report of the same to a commanding officer
Repeated Violations of departmental Rules & Regulations
. New Jersey Administrative Code Violations: or Failure to Perform Duties
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Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Isler was dispatched to a local business after the business owner reported that there was an individual in front of the business actively engaged in using drugs. Officer Isler responded to the location and met with the caller. Before meeting with the caller Officer Isler walked past the individual that had reportedly been using drugs and did not stop him in order to conduct his on-scene investigation. It was immediately apparent that the male was impaired or otherwise emotionally disturbed however Officer Isler insisted that the male was not impaired in any way. Officer Isler's assessment was inaccurate and was not corroborated by the Body Worn Camera. The reporting person also reported to Officer Isler on the scene that the male was in possession of narcotics and narcotics parapernalia. Officer Isler failed to immediately detain the suspect and waited for him to get some distance before deciding to follow him. While Officer Isler followed the suspect, he intentionally stayed behind him and made no real effort to stop and detain the male. Officer Isler allowed the suspect to leave the scene with no intervention. Officer Isler grossly neglected to take official action when needed. It should be noted that Officer Isler was the subject of a Last Chance Agreement at the time of this incident and in light of such resigned prior to the administration of discipline; which would have been termination.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Matthew Isler's major discipline record?
Officer Matthew Isler separated from the Hoboken Police Department while an internal affairs matter was pending in 2023. Dispatched after a business owner reported a person using drugs in front of the business, Isler walked past the individual without stopping him. The reporting person told Isler the man had narcotics and paraphernalia, but Isler did not detain him and allowed him to leave. Isler was under a Last Chance Agreement at the time and resigned before discipline, which would have been termination.
What is Matthew Isler's major discipline record at Hoboken Police Department?
Matthew Isler has one major discipline record at Hoboken Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Hoboken Police Department, the department Matthew Isler worked for?
Hoboken Police Department reported 139 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 Isler individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1712. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8342. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩