In 2023, the Secaucus Police Department suspended Captain Scott Coar for 10 days and noted loss of time. According to the record, on May 25, 2023, Coar failed to immediately report a minor single-vehicle crash involving a police vehicle or remain at the scene, as required by policy. On various dates throughout April and May 2023, 32 days in total, he took and used an unmarked police vehicle as his personal vehicle without authorization. The sustained charges were obedience to laws and use of department vehicles.
Rules and Written Directives [3:1.3] & Use of Department Vehicles [3:9.9]
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On May 25, 2023 the Captain failed to immediately report a minor single vehicle MV Crash with a police vehicle or remain at scene of the crash, which he was required to do by policy. On divers dates throughout April & May 2023, 32 days in total, the Captain took and used an unmarked police vehicle (Car #16) as his personal vehicle, without authorization.
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Sustained charge(s): 1:4.14 Neglect of Duty 1:5.2 Code of Ethics 2:1.4(5) Police Officers 3:1.3 Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, and Written Directives…
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Scott Coar's major discipline record?
In 2023, the Secaucus Police Department suspended Captain Scott Coar for 10 days and noted loss of time. According to the record, on May 25, 2023, Coar failed to immediately report a minor single-vehicle crash involving a police vehicle or remain at the scene, as required by policy. On various dates throughout April and May 2023, 32 days in total, he took and used an unmarked police vehicle as his personal vehicle without authorization. The sustained charges were obedience to laws and use of department vehicles.
What is Scott Coar's major discipline record at Secaucus Police Department?
Scott Coar has one major discipline record at Secaucus Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Scott Coar's base salary on record?
Scott Coar's reported base salary is $225,362, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Scott Coar has 19 years, 1 month of reported service.
How large is Secaucus Police Department, the department Scott Coar worked for?
Secaucus Police Department reported 79 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Scott Coar individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1744. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 222401, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8346. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩