Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules and Written Directives [3:1.3] & Use of Department Vehicles [3:9.9]
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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.
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 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/. ↩