Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sergeant Michael Kelly was terminated by the Jackson Township Police Department in 2025. According to the record, between February and October 2022, Kelly submitted multiple inaccurate or false reports seeking overtime compensation through grant funding for work as a drug recognition expert. The sustained charges were insubordination, conduct unbecoming, neglect of duty, and falsifying a report.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Between February and October 2022 Sgt. Kelly submitted multiple inaccurate/false reports seeking overtime compensation by way of grant funding for work as a Drug Recognition Expert.
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 496. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩