Patrol Officer William Underwood of the Byram Township Police Department made inappropriate and derogatory comments on the Facebook social media platform, according to a 2020 record. The record shows Underwood was both suspended and terminated. No count of suspension days or other sanction was reported by the department.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of William Underwood's major discipline record?
Patrol Officer William Underwood of the Byram Township Police Department made inappropriate and derogatory comments on the Facebook social media platform, according to a 2020 record. The record shows Underwood was both suspended and terminated. No count of suspension days or other sanction was reported by the department.
What is William Underwood's major discipline record at Byram Township Police Department?
William Underwood has one major discipline record at Byram Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does William Underwood's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of William Underwood's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2020.
How large is Byram Township Police Department, the department William Underwood worked for?
Byram Township Police Department reported 15 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 Underwood individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 3003. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8589. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩