Freehold Township officials, former police officer reach settlement Freehold Township officials, former police officer reach settlement FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A settlement agreement has been reached between Freehold Township municipal officials and a former police officer regarding allegations the individual was receiving excessive disability payments. On Nov. 10, the Township Committee authorized the settlement of the litigation between the township and the former officer in the Freehold Township Police Department. The litigation began in late 2018 when municipal officials filed a complaint against the former officer in state Superior Court. According to the township’s complaint, the former officer began receiving accidental disability payments from the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits (DPB) in 2011 due to a hand injury that was determined to have left him permanently and totally disabled.