Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Burlington County Corrections · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 10 days2021 · as reported
Sergeant Matthew Peer was suspended for 10 days by the Burlington County Department of Corrections in 2021. The agency reported that Peer responded to an inmate altercation and jumped off a metal table and landed on the inmates. A specific sustained charge category was not provided.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Responded to an inmate altercation and jumped off a metal table and landed on the inmates
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Rodney McMillian · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
My'Asia Leonard · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Wells · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Lewis · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
William Nunn · Burlington County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 10 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
37 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Matthew Peer, Burlington County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/matthew-peer-burlington-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Sergeant Matthew Peer was suspended for 10 days by the Burlington County Department of Corrections in 2021. The agency reported that Peer responded to an inmate altercation and jumped off a metal table and landed on the inmates. A specific sustained charge category was not provided.
Matthew Peer has one major discipline record at Burlington County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.