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Thomas Meola

Branchburg Township Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 30 days2025 · as reported

On July 21, 2025, Sergeant Thomas Meola failed to conduct an adequate investigation into a single-car motor vehicle crash, failed to activate his body-worn camera, and directed a subordinate officer to deactivate his camera during the investigation. The Branchburg Township Police Department sustained violations of its Traffic Enforcement and Control and Body Worn Cameras policies. Meola was suspended for 30 days, recorded as a loss of time.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 30 days
Rank as reported
Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Administrative Policy Violation(s) (refer to Synopsis/Description for further details)
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 7/21/2025 Sgt. Meola failed to conduct an adequate investigation into a single car motor vehicle crash, failed to activate his BWC, and directed a subordinate officer to deactivate his BWC during the investigation which resulted in Sustained violation(s) of Branchburg PD’s 'Traffic Enforcement and Control' and 'Body Worn Cameras' policy(s)/procedure(s).

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Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$145,828
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
19 years

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 Thomas Meola's major discipline record?

On July 21, 2025, Sergeant Thomas Meola failed to conduct an adequate investigation into a single-car motor vehicle crash, failed to activate his body-worn camera, and directed a subordinate officer to deactivate his camera during the investigation. The Branchburg Township Police Department sustained violations of its Traffic Enforcement and Control and Body Worn Cameras policies. Meola was suspended for 30 days, recorded as a loss of time.

What is Thomas Meola's major discipline record at Branchburg Township Police Department?

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

What is Thomas Meola's base salary on record?

Thomas Meola's reported base salary is $145,828, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Thomas Meola has 19 years of reported service.

How large is Branchburg Township Police Department, the department Thomas Meola worked for?

Branchburg Township Police Department reported 28 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Thomas Meola individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 521. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 240117, 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 8571. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩