On April 13, 2023, Sergeant Skolsky unholstered and pointed his Taser 7 at a commanding officer during a union meeting, described in the record as horseplay. The South Brunswick Township Police Department sustained charges that included conducted energy devices, neglect of duty, performance of duty, insubordination, conduct unbecoming, and misconduct. Skolsky received a 240-hour suspension without pay and agreed to be ineligible for the next Lieutenant's promotion.
On April 13, 2023, Sergeant Matthew Skolsky engaged in horseplay by unholstering and pointing his Taser 7 at a commanding officer during a union meeting. The investigation sustained the following violations against Sergeant Skolsky: 1. General Order G.2.10 Conducted Energy Devices 2. Department Rule 3:1.7 – 3. Department Rule 3:1.8 – Performance of Duty 4. Department Rule 3:1.10 – 5. Department Rule 3:10.8 – 6. N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147 – Misconduct Sergeant Skolsky received a 240 hour suspension without pay and agreed to be ineligible for the next Lieutenant’s promotion as a result of this matter.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Matthew Skolsky's major discipline record?
On April 13, 2023, Sergeant Skolsky unholstered and pointed his Taser 7 at a commanding officer during a union meeting, described in the record as horseplay. The South Brunswick Township Police Department sustained charges that included conducted energy devices, neglect of duty, performance of duty, insubordination, conduct unbecoming, and misconduct. Skolsky received a 240-hour suspension without pay and agreed to be ineligible for the next Lieutenant's promotion.
What is Matthew Skolsky's major discipline record at South Brunswick Township Police Department?
Matthew Skolsky has one major discipline record at South Brunswick Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Matthew Skolsky's base salary on record?
Matthew Skolsky's reported base salary is $232,124, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Matthew Skolsky has 18 years, 4 months of reported service.
How large is South Brunswick Township Police Department, the department Matthew Skolsky worked for?
South Brunswick Township Police Department reported 90 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 Skolsky individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1792. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 238362, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8408. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩