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Shareef Hardin

Lawrence Township Police Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 6 days2024 · as reported

In 2024, Lawrence Township Police Department suspended Officer Hardin for 6 days. According to the record, during a shoplifting investigation Hardin failed to thoroughly search an arrestee who was later found to be concealing a loaded firearm. The sustained charge was a violation of Rules and Regulations 40.46 governing the failure to search.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 6 days
Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Rules and Regulations 40.46 Failure to search etc.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

During an shoplifting investigation, Officer Hardin failed to thoroughly search an arrestee who was later found to be concealing a loaded firearm on his person.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Michael DiBona · Allenhurst Police Department · 2024

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  • Warren Young · Atlantic City Police Department · 2024

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Other officers at Lawrence 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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$66,143
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
13 years, 6 months

How to read this

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Shareef Hardin's major discipline record?

In 2024, Lawrence Township Police Department suspended Officer Hardin for 6 days. According to the record, during a shoplifting investigation Hardin failed to thoroughly search an arrestee who was later found to be concealing a loaded firearm. The sustained charge was a violation of Rules and Regulations 40.46 governing the failure to search.

What is Shareef Hardin's major discipline record at Lawrence Township Police Department?

Shareef Hardin has one major discipline record at Lawrence Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Shareef Hardin's base salary on record?

Shareef Hardin's reported base salary is $66,143, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Shareef Hardin has 13 years, 6 months of reported service.

How large is Lawrence Township Police Department, the department Shareef Hardin worked for?

Lawrence Township Police Department reported 61 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Shareef Hardin individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1145. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 220945, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8376. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩