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.
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.
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Compensation and pension
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Vincent Cestare's major discipline record?
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.
What is Vincent Cestare's major discipline record at Pemberton Township Police Department?
Vincent Cestare has one major discipline record at Pemberton Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Vincent Cestare's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Vincent Cestare's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2022.
How large is Pemberton Township Police Department, the department Vincent Cestare worked for?
Pemberton Township Police Department reported 46 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Vincent Cestare individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2087. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8227. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩