Sergeant William Gallagher was demoted by the Waterford Township Police Department in 2022. The agency reported that Gallagher failed to back up officers unless specifically requested to assist and admitted to idling and loafing in his patrol vehicle and at police headquarters on multiple occasions. As a shift supervisor, he had a duty to supervise officers under his command and failed to do so. The sustained charge was neglect of duty.
Officer Gallagher failed to back up officers unless specifically requested to assist. Officer Gallagher admitted to idling and loafing in his patrol vehicle and at police headquarters. This conduct occurred on multiple occasions. As the shift supervisor Officer Gallagher had an inherent duty to supervise officers under his command and failed to do so.
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What is a summary of William Gallagher's major discipline record?
Sergeant William Gallagher was demoted by the Waterford Township Police Department in 2022. The agency reported that Gallagher failed to back up officers unless specifically requested to assist and admitted to idling and loafing in his patrol vehicle and at police headquarters on multiple occasions. As a shift supervisor, he had a duty to supervise officers under his command and failed to do so. The sustained charge was neglect of duty.
What is William Gallagher's major discipline record at Waterford Township Police Department?
William Gallagher has one major discipline record at Waterford Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is William Gallagher's base salary on record?
William Gallagher's reported base salary is $118,756, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. William Gallagher has 20 years, 10 months of reported service.
How large is Waterford Township Police Department, the department William Gallagher worked for?
Waterford Township Police Department reported 0 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 Gallagher individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2128. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 239151, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8263. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩