Major discipline · 2022[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- Patrolman
- Sustained charge(s)
- Excessive Use of Force, a Public Employee, Truthfulness, //Failure to Perform Duties
- Separated while IA pending
- not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Patrolman Cestare was terminated by the Pemberton Township Police Department for using excessive force and submitting false reports in violation of the department's rules and regulations. The conduct related to an incident in the early hours of March 23, 2022, on a residential street involving a domestic call and an intoxicated individual who had forcibly entered a residence. The sustained charges were excessive use of force, conduct unbecoming a public employee, truthfulness, and incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Patrolman Cestare was terminated from the Pemberton Township Police Department on account of using excessive force and submitting false reports in violation of the Department€™s Rules and Regulations in relation to an incident which transpired in the early hours of March 23, 2022 on a quiet residential street involving a domestic call involving an intoxicated individual who forcibly entered a residence.