TerminatedSuspended 0 daysmost recent record, 2024 · as reported
Hars has 2 sustained major discipline records from Clinton Twp PD, all from 2024. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Misconduct, Neglect of Duty, Truthfulness, Firearms, Records Accountabilty, Reports and Bookings; Records Accountability, Patrol Officer Responsibilities.
Officer Stephen Hars destroyed two animals in violation of policies and procedures in an unsafe and inappropriate manner, the Clinton Township Police Department reported. Hars then completed weapons discharge forms that did not accurately reflect the number of rounds discharged or the location of the animals. The 2024 record sustained charges including misconduct, neglect of duty, truthfulness, firearms, and records accountability. Hars was terminated.
Ptl. Hars destroyed two animals in violation of policies and procedures in an unsafe and inappropriate manner then completed weapons discharge forms which did not accurately reflect information regarding number of rounds discharged or location of the animals.
The Clinton Township Police Department reported that Officer Stephen Hars failed to comply with department policies and procedures by providing incomplete and incompetent reports over a period of time, despite multiple attempts to correct the problem. The 2024 record sustained charges of records accountability and patrol officer responsibilities. Hars was both terminated and suspended in connection with this matter; the record lists 0 suspension days.
Ptl. Hars is failed to comply with Departmental policies and procedures by providing incomplete and incompetent reports throughout a period of time after multiple attempts to rectify.
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No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Stephen Hars's major discipline record?
Hars has 2 sustained major discipline records from Clinton Twp PD, all from 2024. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Misconduct, Neglect of Duty, Truthfulness, Firearms, Records Accountabilty, Reports and Bookings; Records Accountability, Patrol Officer Responsibilities.
What is Stephen Hars's major discipline record at Clinton Township Police Department?
Stephen Hars has 2 major discipline records at Clinton Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Stephen Hars's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Stephen Hars's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Clinton Township Police Department, the department Stephen Hars worked for?
Clinton Township Police Department reported 27 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Stephen Hars individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1142. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1143. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8355. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩