Officer Sara Erwin was terminated by the Hopewell Township Police Department in 2021. The record states she was found in violation of department rules, regulations, and procedures for a social media post that occurred while off duty. The agency did not provide the specific sustained charges.
Officer Sara Erwin was found to be in violation of department Rules, Regulations and Procedures for a social media post that occurred while off-duty. Officer was terminated.
Similar records
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Mandy Grey · Hopewell Township Police Department · 2021
DemotedSuspended 180 days
same agency · same year
Cindy Castro · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2021
Sustained charge(s): Alcoholic Beverages and Drugs, Substance Testing, Physical and Mental Fitness for Duty, All Other Conduct, Standards of Conduct, Obedience…
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Other officers at Hopewell Township Police Department
3 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 a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Sara Erwin's major discipline record?
Officer Sara Erwin was terminated by the Hopewell Township Police Department in 2021. The record states she was found in violation of department rules, regulations, and procedures for a social media post that occurred while off duty. The agency did not provide the specific sustained charges.
What is Sara Erwin's major discipline record at Hopewell Township Police Department?
Sara Erwin has one major discipline record at Hopewell Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Sara Erwin's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Sara Erwin's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2021.
How large is Hopewell Township Police Department, the department Sara Erwin worked for?
Hopewell Township Police Department reported 32 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Sara Erwin individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2604. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8375. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩