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Montclair Police Department · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 20 days2021 · as reported
Officer William Coad made inappropriate comments on social media that also referenced his position as a Montclair police officer. The Montclair PD sustained a violation of its social media policy and procedures; the agency did not provide the specific charges. Coad received a suspension of 20 days.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 20 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Ofc. Coad was suspended (20) days for violating the department's Social Media Policy & Procedures; whereby he made inappropriate comments via social media which also touched on his position as a MPD Officer.
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Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Travis Davis · Montclair Police Department · 2024
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Peter Troast · Montclair Police Department · 2022
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Tahron Green · Montclair Police Department · 2022
Suspended 101 daysSustained charge(s): 3:6.1(3) Alcohol & Drugs
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6 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Officer William Coad made inappropriate comments on social media that also referenced his position as a Montclair police officer. The Montclair PD sustained a violation of its social media policy and procedures; the agency did not provide the specific charges. Coad received a suspension of 20 days.
William Coad has one major discipline record at Montclair Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
William Coad's reported base salary is $131,672, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. William Coad has 31 years, 8 months of reported service.
Montclair Police Department reported 113 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about William Coad individually.