Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

William Coad

Montclair Police Department · 1 record · 2021

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Major discipline · 2021^[1]

Suspended 20 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): not provided
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

Synopsis 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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $131,672
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 31 years, 8 months

How to read this

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 2542. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 224591, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩