Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Melvin Hamilton was suspended for 20 days by the Trenton Police Department in 2023. Hamilton failed to properly search an arrestee who was concealing a firearm on his person. The sustained charge was Neglect of Duty.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Melvin Hamilton failed to properly search an arrestee who was concealing a firearm on his persons.
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 1765. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩