Suspended 20 daysSeparated while IA pending2025 · as reported
On February 09, 2025, Patrolman Matthew Kochis of the Burlington Township Police Department responded to a call involving a disabled motor vehicle and was involved in a collision with it, and the damage was not reported to the duty supervisor. Kochis deactivated his body worn camera before the event concluded and was untruthful during the internal affairs interview. He received a 20-day suspension with loss of time on sustained charges of truthfulness and neglect of duty, and the record lists a separation while the internal affairs matter was pending.
On February 09, 2025, Ptl. M. Kochis responded to a call for service involving a disabled motor vehicle. As a result of the call for service Ptl. Kochis was involved in a motor vehicle collision involving the disabled motor vehicle. Damage was sustained on all vehicles involved which was not reported to the duty supervisor. Ptl. Kochis deactivated his body worn camera prior to the conclusion of the event. During the internal affairs interview, Ptl. Kochis was untruthful while answering questions. The investigation found a sustained finding for the following allegations: BTPD Rules and Regulation: Truthfulness, , and Command of Scene, BTPD SOP: Motor Vehicle Collisions Involving Department Vehicles and Body Worn Cameras.
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Compensation and pension
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Matthew Kochis's major discipline record?
On February 09, 2025, Patrolman Matthew Kochis of the Burlington Township Police Department responded to a call involving a disabled motor vehicle and was involved in a collision with it, and the damage was not reported to the duty supervisor. Kochis deactivated his body worn camera before the event concluded and was untruthful during the internal affairs interview. He received a 20-day suspension with loss of time on sustained charges of truthfulness and neglect of duty, and the record lists a separation while the internal affairs matter was pending.
What is Matthew Kochis's major discipline record at Burlington Township Police Department?
Matthew Kochis has one major discipline record at Burlington Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Burlington Township Police Department, the department Matthew Kochis worked for?
Burlington Township 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 Kochis individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 94. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8205. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩