Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Jackson Township Police Department · 1 record · 2025
Terminated2025 · as reported
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.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
TerminatedSynopsis 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.
Erwin Lopez-Gutierrez · Asbury Park Police Department · 2025
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Truthfulness, Neglect of Duty, Performance of Duty, Reporting/Absence from Duty
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Vincent Bernotas · Bordentown City Police Department · 2025
TerminatedSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(1) – Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(2) – Insubordination N.J.A.C.…
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Robert Harkins · Cape May County Prosecutor's Office · 2025
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office, Rules and Regulations, specifically: 3:1.1 Standards of Conduct; 3:1.7 Neglect of Duty; 3:1:8…
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Richard Mclaughlin · Department Of Corrections · 2025
TerminatedSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C.4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended B2 - Neglect…
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Dana Black · Hamburg Police Department · 2025
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Body Worn Camera; Neglect of Duty; Performance of Duty; Emergency Calls Red Lights/Sirens; Truthfulness; Mobile in Car Mobile/Video System;…
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
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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.
Michael Kelly has one major discipline record at Jackson Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Yes. At least one of Michael Kelly's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
Jackson Township Police Department reported 109 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Michael Kelly individually.