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Simba Elam-Hampton

Lower Township Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 6 days2025 · as reported

Patrolman Simba Elam-Hampton was suspended for 6 days by the Lower Township Police Department in 2025 and received training, coaching, or counseling. On May 8, 2025, a check found his driver's license was suspended over unpaid parking tickets issued in 2023, and the registration on his personal vehicle had expired in October 2024. The investigation determined he knowingly operated the vehicle despite the expired registration and failed to notify his supervisor of an address change as required. The sustained charges included conduct unbecoming and neglect of duty.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 6 days
Rank as reported
Patrolman (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Failure to perfom duties
  • Conduct Unbecomig
  • of LTPD Rules and Regs
Other sanction
Training coaching or counseling
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On May 8, 2025, a check of Ptlm. Elam-Hampton’s driver’s license status revealed that his license was suspended. This check was conducted following notification from Lower Township Administration that his license was scheduled for suspension due to unpaid parking tickets issued in 2023. During the same inquiry, it was also discovered that the registration for Ptlm. Elam-Hampton’s personal vehicle had expired in October 2024. The internal investigation determined that he knowingly operated the vehicle despite the expired registration. Additionally, it was found that Ptlm. Elam-Hampton failed to notify his supervisor of a change in his residential address, as required by departmental policy.

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Other officers at Lower Township Police Department

6 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

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Questions and answers

What is a summary of Simba Elam-Hampton's major discipline record?

Patrolman Simba Elam-Hampton was suspended for 6 days by the Lower Township Police Department in 2025 and received training, coaching, or counseling. On May 8, 2025, a check found his driver's license was suspended over unpaid parking tickets issued in 2023, and the registration on his personal vehicle had expired in October 2024. The investigation determined he knowingly operated the vehicle despite the expired registration and failed to notify his supervisor of an address change as required. The sustained charges included conduct unbecoming and neglect of duty.

What is Simba Elam-Hampton's major discipline record at Lower Township Police Department?

Simba Elam-Hampton has one major discipline record at Lower Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is Lower Township Police Department, the department Simba Elam-Hampton worked for?

Lower Township Police Department reported 49 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Simba Elam-Hampton individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 264. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8270. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.