Separated while IA pendingmost recent record, 2024 · as reported
Cobian has 2 sustained major discipline records from Winslow Twp PD, spanning 2021 to 2024. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Neglect of duty; Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Insubordination, Intoxication off duty and arrested.
Discipline timeline, 2021 to 2024
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2 records, 2021 to 2024
Major discipline records reported for Nicholas Cobian, by year
Winslow Twp PD reported that Patrolman Nicholas Cobian was involved in an off-duty motor vehicle crash and was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor or drugs. The agency reported that the incident violated a settlement agreement and general release between Cobian and the Township of Winslow. On February 13, 2024, the township adopted Cobian's retirement with an effective date of October 1, 2022, before discipline was imposed. The sustained charges included Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and Insubordination.
Officer Cobian was involved in an off duty motor vehicle crash and was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor or drugs. This incident violated a Settlement Agreement and General Release between Officer Cobian and the Township of Winslow. On 2/13/2024, Winslow Twp. adopted the retirement of Officer Cobian with an effective date of 10/01/2022, prior to discipline being imposed.
Winslow Twp PD reported that Patrol Officer Nicholas Cobian was suspended for 180 days after crashing his assigned patrol vehicle at the start of his shift. The agency determined that intoxication was a contributing factor. The year reported was 2021, and the sustained charge was Neglect of Duty.
Officer Cobian was suspended for 6 months after crashing his assigned patrol vehicle at the start of his shift. Intoxication was determined to be a contributing factor.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
George Burwell · Winslow Township Police Department · 2024
Suspended 60 days
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year
Damon Belton · Winslow Township Police Department · 2024
Terminated
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Insubordination, Disobedience of Orders
Sustained charge(s): three counts of 3:1.1 Standards of Conduct, three counts of 3:2.2 Unlawful Orders, three counts of 3:7.16 Prohibited Activity on Duty, and…
same year · similar sanction outcome
Other officers at Winslow Township Police Department
4 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. 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. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Nicholas Cobian's major discipline record?
Cobian has 2 sustained major discipline records from Winslow Twp PD, spanning 2021 to 2024. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Neglect of duty; Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, Insubordination, Intoxication off duty and arrested.
What is Nicholas Cobian's major discipline record at Winslow Township Police Department?
Nicholas Cobian has 2 major discipline records at Winslow Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Winslow Township Police Department, the department Nicholas Cobian worked for?
Winslow Township Police Department reported 86 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Nicholas Cobian individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1026. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2500. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1026. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1026, 2500. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8264. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩