Administrative Policy Violation(s) (refer to Synopsis/Description for further details)
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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).
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.
Sources
[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]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/. ↩