Sergeant William Hetrick was suspended for 45 days without pay by the Barnegat Township Police Department in 2024. The record states that Hetrick sent unprofessional communications to a co-worker through a messaging app and, in a separate incident, touched the co-worker on the shoulder without being asked. After receiving an order barring non-official communication with the co-worker, Hetrick continued to send unwanted messages in violation of that order and departmental policy. The sustained charge was conduct unbecoming a public employee.
Sergeant William Hetrick reportedly sent unprofessional communications to a co worker via a messaging app which was brought to the attention of agency administration by a third party. Additionally there was an incident where it was reported that Sgt. Hetrick touched the co worker in the area of her shoulder without being asked which was observed by the third party officer that felt it was inappropriate. As a result of these incidents Sgt. Hetrick received an order from the executive officer of the agency against any communication with the co-worker that did not pertain to official business. It was later reported by a third party and subsequently the receiving officer that Sgt. Hetrick continued to send unwanted messages pertaining to personal feelings to the co worker in violation of the direct order and departmental policy. Based upon these facts Sergeant Hetrick received a forty five (45) day unpaid suspension.
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What is a summary of William Hetrick's major discipline record?
Sergeant William Hetrick was suspended for 45 days without pay by the Barnegat Township Police Department in 2024. The record states that Hetrick sent unprofessional communications to a co-worker through a messaging app and, in a separate incident, touched the co-worker on the shoulder without being asked. After receiving an order barring non-official communication with the co-worker, Hetrick continued to send unwanted messages in violation of that order and departmental policy. The sustained charge was conduct unbecoming a public employee.
What is William Hetrick's major discipline record at Barnegat Township Police Department?
William Hetrick has one major discipline record at Barnegat Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is William Hetrick's pension on record?
William Hetrick's reported monthly pension allowance is $7,243.58, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. William Hetrick has 22 years, 1 month of reported service.
How large is Barnegat Township Police Department, the department William Hetrick worked for?
Barnegat Township Police Department reported 52 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 Hetrick individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1225. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 356806 (member 44342972), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8536. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩