Suspended (days not reported)Separated while IA pending2025 · as reported
Patrolman Palmer was charged with computer criminal access, official misconduct, and aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer. The Phillipsburg Police Department record states that Palmer entered the department's InfoShare system to check the name of a town resident, drove to that resident's home, and assaulted the resident, and that he assaulted a uniformed officer who tried to intercede. The matter was a grand jury indictment pending criminal trial. Palmer was separated while internal affairs was pending, and the record notes loss of time.
Computer Criminal Access, Official Misconduct & Aggravated Assault upon L.E. Officer // Ptl. Scott Palmer came to police headquarters in an off-duty capacity at 04:25:21 hours. This was confirmed with our key fob master system. He accessed our department’s desktop computer in the squad room at 04:25:46 hours. Palmer then entered into our department’s InfoShare System at 04:30 hours
when he did this, he checked the name of a town resident. This was confirmed through an InfoShare Transaction Log Report audit search. Palmer then left headquarters and drove to the resident's home and banged on the front door. Once the resident came out on the front porch, Palmer began assaulting him. The Police arrived on sceen and a female Uniformed Officer attempted intercede, Palmer assaulted the Uniformed Officer.
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Grand Jury Indictment, pending criminal trial.
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Other officers at Phillipsburg Police Department
2 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 Scott Palmer's major discipline record?
Patrolman Palmer was charged with computer criminal access, official misconduct, and aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer. The Phillipsburg Police Department record states that Palmer entered the department's InfoShare system to check the name of a town resident, drove to that resident's home, and assaulted the resident, and that he assaulted a uniformed officer who tried to intercede. The matter was a grand jury indictment pending criminal trial. Palmer was separated while internal affairs was pending, and the record notes loss of time.
What is Scott Palmer's major discipline record at Phillipsburg Police Department?
Scott Palmer has one major discipline record at Phillipsburg Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Phillipsburg Police Department, the department Scott Palmer worked for?
Phillipsburg Police Department reported 39 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 Palmer individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 817. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8635. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩