Lacey Police Reported No Major Infractions In 2nd Half Of 2020

LACEY, NJ — The Lacey Township Police Department had to report the names of all officers who were subject to major discipline in the second half of 2020. There were none within the department, according to a new report.

On Tuesday, the New Jersey Attorney General's Office released the names and agencies of officers who were fired, demoted, or suspended for more than five days from June 15, 2020 to the end of the calendar year.

They also published a list of departments that had no officers who fit that description, which included Lacey Police.

"Today, New Jersey takes an important step forward, joining the majority of U.S. states that disclose the identities of law enforcement officers found responsible for engaging in serious disciplinary violations," said Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck.

"We are releasing this information not to shame or embarrass individual officers, but to provide the same type of transparency and accountability in policing that New Jersey mandates in other essential professions."

Bruck said that a "vast majority" of the state's law enforcement officers serve the public with "honor and integrity," so he took "no joy" in putting this information out. --

But releasing the information was important and necessary as it led to building greater public trust while "promoting professionalism in law enforcement," Bruck said.

In June, former Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal gave all New Jersey law-enforcement agencies two months to publicly release disciplinary info. The directive came after the New Jersey Supreme Court authorized the public release of such info on a going-forward basis.

Read more: NJ Police Depts. Have 2 Months To Release Disciplinary Reports

The attorney general's office launched a beta version of its Use of Force Dashboard on April 6. To see the full list of names released by the Attorney General's Office, click here.

With reporting by Josh Bakan, Patch Staff