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Scotch Plains Police Department · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 40 days2023 · as reported
The Scotch Plains Police Department suspended Patrolman Zachary VonLangen for 40 days in 2023. The record states VonLangen damaged a police vehicle while on duty, never reported the damage, and then lied about it during an internal affairs investigation. The sustained charges were reporting requirements, cooperation in a department investigation, and negligent damage to public property.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 40 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer VonLangen damaged a police vehicle while on duty, never reported the damage and then lied about the during an IA investigation.
Rolando Rodriguez · Scotch Plains Police Department · 2024
Suspended 5 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping on duty, neglect of duty and BWC violation
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Donte Joyner · Scotch Plains Police Department · 2024
Suspended 5 daysSustained charge(s): Tardiness
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Martina Martin · Atlantic City Police Department · 2023
Suspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absences
same year · similar sanction outcome
Ivan Cruz · Atlantic City Police Department · 2023
Suspended 80 daysSustained charge(s): Standards of Conduct & Obedience to Laws & Regulations
same year · similar sanction outcome
Gissel Garcia · Atlantic City Police Department · 2023
Suspended 25 daysSustained charge(s): Standards of Conduct & Obedience to Laws & Regulations
same year · similar sanction outcome
2 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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The Scotch Plains Police Department suspended Patrolman Zachary VonLangen for 40 days in 2023. The record states VonLangen damaged a police vehicle while on duty, never reported the damage, and then lied about it during an internal affairs investigation. The sustained charges were reporting requirements, cooperation in a department investigation, and negligent damage to public property.
Zachary VonLangen has one major discipline record at Scotch Plains Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Zachary VonLangen's reported base salary is $135,680, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Zachary VonLangen has 18 years, 2 months of reported service.
Scotch Plains Police Department reported 47 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 VonLangen individually.