Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Patrolman Ryan Matthews was suspended for 86 days by the Delran Police Department. Matthews was dispatched to a local business for a shoplifting that had just occurred, but he did not obtain the suspect's description or collect video evidence of the crime that was offered to him. He later entered a false description of the suspect in his police report. The matter occurred in 2022, and the final disposition was in 2023.
Ptl. Matthews was dispatched to a local busines for a shoplifting that just occurred. Ptl. Matthews responded to the business where he did not obtain the suspect's description nor collect video evidence of the crime that was offered to him. Ptl. Matthews later entered a false description of the suspect in his police report. Ptl. Matthews received an 86 day suspension. This matter occurred in 2022 and the final dispostion was in 2023.
Compensation and pension
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Ryan Matthews's major discipline record?
Patrolman Ryan Matthews was suspended for 86 days by the Delran Police Department. Matthews was dispatched to a local business for a shoplifting that had just occurred, but he did not obtain the suspect's description or collect video evidence of the crime that was offered to him. He later entered a false description of the suspect in his police report. The matter occurred in 2022, and the final disposition was in 2023.
What is Ryan Matthews's major discipline record at Delran Township Police Department?
Ryan Matthews has one major discipline record at Delran Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Ryan Matthews's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Ryan Matthews at Delran Township Police Department.
How large is Delran Township Police Department, the department Ryan Matthews worked for?
Delran Township Police Department reported 27 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 Matthews individually.
How does Delran Township Police Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Delran Township Police Department in the second-highest fifth of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Ryan Matthews individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1528. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8209. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩