On July 4, 2023, Sergeant Melissa Rose was involved in a dispute in Lacey Township, and Lacey Township police who responded identified her as an involved person. Their investigation determined that Rose was not at fault, but that her behavior toward the officers was unprofessional, uncooperative, and dismissive. An administrative charge of conduct unbecoming under Ocean County Prosecutor's Office policy was sustained, and Rose received an eight-day suspension.
- The commission of any specific act or acts of immoral
improper
disorderly or intemperate personal conduct which reflects discredit upon the employee themselves
their fellow employees
or upon the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
“On July 4, 2023, Sgt. Melissa Rose was involved in a dispute in Lacey Township, NJ. LTPD Officers responded to the scene and identified Sgt. Rose as an involved person. During LTPD’s investigation, It was determined that she was not at-fault in the matter but her behavior toward the officers was unprofessional in that she was uncooperative, dismissive and behaved inconsistent with the officers’ lawful requests. As a result, an administrative charge for violating the OCPO policy for was sustained.”
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Michael Proto · Ocean County Prosecutor's Office · 2023
Suspended 180 days
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming - The commission of any specific act or acts of immoral, improper, disorderly or intemperate personal conduct which…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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Police Transparency NJ, "Melissa Rose, Ocean County Prosecutor's Office," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/melissa-rose-ocean-co-prosecutors-office/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Melissa Rose's major discipline record?
On July 4, 2023, Sergeant Melissa Rose was involved in a dispute in Lacey Township, and Lacey Township police who responded identified her as an involved person. Their investigation determined that Rose was not at fault, but that her behavior toward the officers was unprofessional, uncooperative, and dismissive. An administrative charge of conduct unbecoming under Ocean County Prosecutor's Office policy was sustained, and Rose received an eight-day suspension.
What is Melissa Rose's major discipline record at Ocean County Prosecutor's Office?
Melissa Rose has one major discipline record at Ocean County Prosecutor's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Melissa Rose's base salary on record?
Melissa Rose's reported base salary is $151,934, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Melissa Rose has 22 years, 10 months of reported service.
How large is Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, the department Melissa Rose worked for?
Ocean County Prosecutor's Office reported 65 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Melissa Rose individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1844. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 249081, 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 8537. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩