Woodbridge Twp PD reported that Officer Zachary Manente was in Ocean City, Maryland, with a relative who is also a police officer and engaged in a physical altercation with that person. Both individuals suffered injuries and both were arrested, and the criminal charges were later dismissed. A departmental investigation found that they had violated rules and regulations. Manente was suspended for 20 days without pay, and the sustained charge was Conduct Unbecoming.
Officer Manente was in Ocean City Maryland with a relative who is also a police officer, and engaged in a physical altercation with that person. Both individuals suffered injuries and both were arrested. The criminal charges were later dismissed. A departmental investigation found that they had violated rules and regulations. Officer Manente was suspended for 20 days, unpaid.
Similar records
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Robert Vanco · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 days
Sustained charge(s): Operation of Motor Vehicles
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Mario Aochoa · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 5 days
Sustained charge(s): Sick time reporting
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Jacob Manente · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 20 days
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Petyo · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2025
Suspended 60 days
Sustained charge(s): 11:1 Standard of Conduct; 11:7 Neglect of Duty; 11:11 Obedience to Laws and Regulations; 11:33 Absence from Duty
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Hector Rivera · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2025
Suspended 5 days
Sustained charge(s): SOP 130.2.2(g) Chokeholds and Neck Restraints
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Other officers at Woodbridge Township Police Department
12 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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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Zachary Manente's major discipline record?
Woodbridge Twp PD reported that Officer Zachary Manente was in Ocean City, Maryland, with a relative who is also a police officer and engaged in a physical altercation with that person. Both individuals suffered injuries and both were arrested, and the criminal charges were later dismissed. A departmental investigation found that they had violated rules and regulations. Manente was suspended for 20 days without pay, and the sustained charge was Conduct Unbecoming.
What is Zachary Manente's major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department?
Zachary Manente has one major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Zachary Manente's base salary on record?
Zachary Manente's reported base salary is $114,646, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Zachary Manente has 6 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is Woodbridge Township Police Department, the department Zachary Manente worked for?
Woodbridge Township Police Department reported 222 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Zachary Manente individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1797. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 228299, 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 8412. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩