Officer Sean Bouchard was suspended for 90 days by the Watchung Police Department in 2020. The agency reported that Bouchard was arrested and charged with violations of N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, N.J.S.A. 39:4-96 and N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2. The charges followed an off-duty, single vehicle motor vehicle accident in which it was determined that he was driving while intoxicated.
Officer Bouchard was suspended for a period of 90 days after being arrested and charged with violations of N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, N.J.S.A. 39:4-96 and N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2. Those charges were levied following Officer Bouchard’s off-duty, single vehicle motor vehicle accident, where it was determined that he was DWI.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Sean Bouchard, Watchung Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/sean-bouchard-watchung-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Sean Bouchard's major discipline record?
Officer Sean Bouchard was suspended for 90 days by the Watchung Police Department in 2020. The agency reported that Bouchard was arrested and charged with violations of N.J.S.A. 39:4-50, N.J.S.A. 39:4-96 and N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.2. The charges followed an off-duty, single vehicle motor vehicle accident in which it was determined that he was driving while intoxicated.
What is Sean Bouchard's major discipline record at Watchung Police Department?
Sean Bouchard has one major discipline record at Watchung Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Sean Bouchard's base salary on record?
Sean Bouchard's reported base salary is $135,204, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Sean Bouchard has 19 years, 7 months of reported service.
How large is Watchung Police Department, the department Sean Bouchard worked for?
Watchung Police Department reported 28 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Sean Bouchard individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2930. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 225513, 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 8585. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩