Major discipline · 2022[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- SLEO II
- Sustained charge(s)
- Rules of Conduct -Admin
- Separated while IA pending
- not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Special Officer Megan Reilly was terminated by the Lower Township Police Department in 2022 for violating departmental rules on performance of duty, obedience to laws, compromising criminal cases, and truthfulness. During a July 14, 2022 interview with the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office, Reilly was untruthful to investigators on multiple occasions about her knowledge of and involvement in the creation of a fake bill of sale for a jet ski her fiance had purchased. The department reported that the underlying conduct justified the charges regardless of whether criminal charges were brought.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Special Officer Megan Reilly was terminated for violating Departmental rules and regulations. 4.1.1 Performance of Duty, 4.1.3 Obedience to Laws and Rules, 4.1.8 Compromising Criminal Cases, 4.12.6 Truthfulness. On or about July 11, 2022, Employee and her fiancée©, were alleged to have created a fake Bill of Sale for a jet ski that her fiancée© purchased in or around Dec. 2021. On July 14, 2022, Employee was interviewed by the Cape May County Prosecutor€™s Office in the course of the investigation into the aforementioned conduct. During said interview, Employee was untruthful to the investigators on multiple occasions as to her knowledge of and involvement in the underlying conduct that led to the allegations. Moreover, the underlying conduct of Employee which led to the investigation would also justify the above charges regardless of whether criminal charges were brought.