/Failure to Exercise Necessary Control over Subordinates
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On December 27, 2022, despite hearing radio traffic that subordinate officers were pursuing a vehicle in violation of departmental rules and laws, Sgt. McGinnis failed to take supervisory action or order his officers to end the unauthorized pursuit, the Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department reported. The conduct was finalized in 2025. McGinnis was suspended for 15 days, forfeited 8 vacation days, and was removed from the active promotional list for the rank of Lieutenant.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On December 27, 2022, despite receiving and hearing radio traffic which indicated that subordinate officers were pursuing a vehicle in violation of departmental rules, regulations and laws, Sgt. McGinnis failed to conduct any supervisory actions. Specifically, Sgt. McGinnis failed to order his subordinate officers to terminate the unauthorized pursuit, as is his duty. The conduct occurred in 2022, but was finalized in 2025. Discipline imposed: Sergeant McGinnis was suspended for fifteen (15) days, Sgt. McGinnis forfeited eight (8) vacation days, and Sergeant McGinnis was removed from the active promotional list for the rank of Lieutenant.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In 2022, Sgt. McGinnis was suspended for 20 days by the Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department for failing to conduct a missing person investigation in accordance with the applicable departmental standard operating procedure. The department reported neglect of duty as the sustained charge.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Failed to conduct missing person investigation in accordance with applicable departmental SOP
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 490. 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 2272. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 235603, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩