Plain-language summary (this site, across all records below)
Petner has 2 sustained major discipline records from Lumberton Twp PD, all from 2023. The records include separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Insubordination; Insubordination.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Patrolman Stephen Petner resigned from the Lumberton Township Police Department in 2023 before the final disposition of an internal affairs investigation. On January 7, 2023, Petner failed to adhere to COVID-19 departmental requirements by not wearing a mask on multiple occasions over a 4-day span after returning to work. He refused to attend an internal affairs interview scheduled numerous times at his counsel's request. The investigation sustained two counts of insubordination, and his discipline was 15 days, or 180 hours, which was not served because of his resignation.
On January 7, 2023, Ptl. Petner failed to adhere to COVID 19 departmental requirements specifically by not wearing a mask as required on multiple occasions. This violation occurred numerous times in a 4-day span upon Ptl. Petner’s return to work. An Internal Affairs investigation was opened against Ptl. Petner. Ptl. Petner was charged with . Ptl. Petner refused to attend an Internal Affairs interview which was scheduled numerous times at the request of his counsel. Ptl. Petner resigned from the Lumberton Township Police Department before the final disposition of the investigation. The Internal Affairs investigation sustained 2 counts of . Ptl. Petner’s discipline is 15 days (180 hours) which was not served due to his untimely resignation.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In a separate matter, Patrolman Stephen Petner was found to have been untruthful to supervisors on January 8, 2023 regarding reporting for scheduled jury duty. An internal affairs investigation by the Lumberton Township Police Department charged Petner with insubordination and all other conduct, and he refused to attend an interview scheduled numerous times at his counsel's request. Petner resigned before the final disposition. The investigation sustained two counts of insubordination, and his discipline was 30 days, or 360 hours, which was not served because of his resignation.
On January 8, 2023, Ptl. Petner was untruthful to supervisors in reference to reporting for scheduled jury duty. Internal Affairs investigation was opened against Ptl. Petner. Ptl. Petner was charged with and All Other Conduct. Petner refused to attend an Internal Affairs interview which was scheduled numerous times at the request of his counsel. Ptl. Petner resigned from the Lumberton Township Police Department before the final disposition of the investigation. The Internal Affairs investigation sustained 2 counts of . Ptl. Petner’s discipline is 30 days (360 hours) which was not served due to his untimely resignation.
Compensation and pension
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Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Timothy Pearson · Lumberton Township Police Department · 2024
Separated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): Untruthfullness; Negelct of Duty; Insubordiation
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Andrew Simpson · Lumberton Township Police Department · 2023
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming Neglect of Duty Insubordination Rule Violations
same year · similar sanction outcome
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Stephen Petner's major discipline record?
Petner has 2 sustained major discipline records from Lumberton Twp PD, all from 2023. The records include separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Insubordination; Insubordination.
What is Stephen Petner's major discipline record at Lumberton Township Police Department?
Stephen Petner has 2 major discipline records at Lumberton Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Stephen Petner's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Stephen Petner at Lumberton Township Police Department.
How large is Lumberton Township Police Department, the department Stephen Petner worked for?
Lumberton Township Police Department reported 22 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 Petner individually.
How does Lumberton Township Police Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Lumberton Township Police Department in the highest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Stephen Petner individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1535. 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 1536. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8215. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩