Patrolman Steven Schemelia was the subject of an internal affairs finding that substantiated untruthfulness at the Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department in 2023. According to the department, Schemelia made false statements to other members that were unrelated to his official duties. No complaint was filed and he was not disciplined, but the Township Committee concluded he had not successfully completed his one-year probation and should not become a permanent member. The department reported he separated while the matter was pending.
Allegations of untruthfullness against the officer as a result of his false statements and telling untruthful stories to other members of the department that were unrelated to his official duties resulted in an Internal Affairs finding, substantiating the allegations. No complaint was filed against the officer because the allegations did not pertain to his official duties and, thus, he was not disciplined. Subsequent thereto, based on the Chief's recommendation, the Township Committee concluded that the officer was not a person of good character and therefore he did not successfully complete his one year probation and accordingly, he should not be made a permanent member of the department.
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What is a summary of Steven Schemelia's major discipline record?
Patrolman Steven Schemelia was the subject of an internal affairs finding that substantiated untruthfulness at the Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department in 2023. According to the department, Schemelia made false statements to other members that were unrelated to his official duties. No complaint was filed and he was not disciplined, but the Township Committee concluded he had not successfully completed his one-year probation and should not become a permanent member. The department reported he separated while the matter was pending.
What is Steven Schemelia's major discipline record at Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department?
Steven Schemelia has one major discipline record at Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department, the department Steven Schemelia worked for?
Lower Alloways Creek Township Police Department reported 11 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Steven Schemelia individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1863. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8559. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩