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Paterson Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Suspended 30 days2024 · as reported
On April 21, 2024, while assigned to a prisoner watch at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Officer McKoy fell asleep, which allowed an uncuffed detainee to escape from custody. The Paterson Police Department sustained a charge of neglect of duty and suspended McKoy for 30 days.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
On April 21, 2024, while assigned to a prisoner watch at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Officer Matthew McKoy fell asleep which resulted in an uncuffed detainee escaping from custody.
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On April 21, 2024, while assigned to a prisoner watch at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Officer McKoy fell asleep, which allowed an uncuffed detainee to escape from custody. The Paterson Police Department sustained a charge of neglect of duty and suspended McKoy for 30 days.
Matthew McKoy has one major discipline record at Paterson Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Matthew McKoy's reported base salary is $96,250, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Matthew McKoy has 11 years of reported service.
Paterson Police Department reported 412 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 McKoy individually.