Date of Offense
Offense(s)
Official Statement
Terminated: No
Demoted: No
Suspended: Yes
Other Sanction: Loss of time
Resigned, retired, transferred, or separated while case was pending: No
# of Days Suspended: 10
Sustained Charge: Administrative Charge, Violation Department Rules and Regulations
Description: 9/26/2023 ‐ Ptl. Antonio Caprara was caught sleeping while on duty at the South Toms River Elementary School and twice while on an extra duty detial. There was also a video that was recorded on 9/19/2023 depicting Ptl. Caprara sleeping in his patrol vehicle in the South Toms River Elementary School parking lot. These instances are a violation of the South Toms River Police Department Rules and Regulations, more specifically "3:7.14 Prohibited Activity on Duty, 1. Meeting with other officers (except
in performance of their police duties) without permission of supervisor, sleeping, loafing, idling". Ptl. Antonio Caprara was given a 10 day suspension as a result.
