Sergeant Timothy Pearson resigned from the Lumberton Township Police Department in 2024 before the final disposition of an internal affairs investigation. According to the department, Pearson falsified break times to engage in loafing, failed to supervise subordinates, failed to respond to calls for service, and failed to activate a body-worn camera, and he was untruthful to investigators. The investigation sustained four counts of neglect of duty, one count of insubordination, and one count of untruthfulness. His discipline was demotion to patrolman and a 30-day suspension, not served because of his resignation.
Sgt. Pearson falsified break times while on duty to engage in loafing, failed to supervise subordinates while on duty, failed to respond to calls for service and failed to activate a BWC as per policy. Sgt. Pearson was untruthful to Internal Affairs investigators during an interview for and . Sgt. Pearson resigned from his position at the Lumberton Township Police Department before the final disposition of the investigation. The Internal Affairs investigation sustained 4 counts of , 1 count of and 1 count of Untruthfulness. Sgt. Pearson’s discipline is demotion in rank to Patrolman and a suspension of 30 days which was not served due to his untimely resignation.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Stephen Petner · Lumberton Township Police Department · 2023
Separated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): Insubordination
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Stephen Petner · Lumberton Township Police Department · 2023
Sustained charge(s): three counts of 3:1.1 Standards of Conduct, three counts of 3:2.2 Unlawful Orders, three counts of 3:7.16 Prohibited Activity on Duty, and…
same year · similar sanction outcome
Other officers at Lumberton Township Police Department
5 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists 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. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Timothy Pearson's major discipline record?
Sergeant Timothy Pearson resigned from the Lumberton Township Police Department in 2024 before the final disposition of an internal affairs investigation. According to the department, Pearson falsified break times to engage in loafing, failed to supervise subordinates, failed to respond to calls for service, and failed to activate a body-worn camera, and he was untruthful to investigators. The investigation sustained four counts of neglect of duty, one count of insubordination, and one count of untruthfulness. His discipline was demotion to patrolman and a 30-day suspension, not served because of his resignation.
What is Timothy Pearson's major discipline record at Lumberton Township Police Department?
Timothy Pearson has one major discipline record at Lumberton Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Lumberton Township Police Department, the department Timothy Pearson 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 Timothy Pearson individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 899. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩