Obedience to Laws, Rules and Written Directives & Action Off-Duty
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Secaucus Police Department terminated Police Officer Matthew Murphy from his probationary position in 2022. The record states that Murphy engaged in conduct during a road rage incident, while armed and off duty, that resulted in criminal charges filed by the HCPO for threatening the occupants of another vehicle. The sustained charges were obedience to laws and action off-duty.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Engaged in conduct during a road rage incident, while armed and off-duty, that resulted in criminal charges filed by the HCPO for threatening the occupants of another vehicle. He was terminated from his probationary position as a police officer.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2215. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩