Woodbridge Twp PD reported that Officer Ryan Alcott faced criminal offenses, unrelated to his position as a police officer, in September 2024. He was suspended without pay pending resolution of the criminal matter. Alcott voluntarily separated from the department in May 2025 while an internal affairs investigation was pending. In June 2025 he pled guilty to third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
Officer Alcott was accused of criminal offenses, unrelated to his position or actions as a police officer, in September 2024. He was suspended without pay pending resolution of the criminal matter. He voluntarily separated from employment with the Woodbridge Township Police Department in May 2025 while an internal affairs investigation was pending. He pled guilty to 3rd degree endangering the welfare of a child in June 2025.
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Other officers at Woodbridge Township Police Department
12 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Ryan Alcott's major discipline record?
Woodbridge Twp PD reported that Officer Ryan Alcott faced criminal offenses, unrelated to his position as a police officer, in September 2024. He was suspended without pay pending resolution of the criminal matter. Alcott voluntarily separated from the department in May 2025 while an internal affairs investigation was pending. In June 2025 he pled guilty to third-degree endangering the welfare of a child.
What is Ryan Alcott's major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department?
Ryan Alcott has one major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Woodbridge Township Police Department, the department Ryan Alcott worked for?
Woodbridge Township Police Department reported 222 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Ryan Alcott individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 455. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8412. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩