Allegation category
Improper Supervision/Failure To Supervise
Conduct / duty tier, as grouped by this site
New Jersey law enforcement agencies recorded 383 allegations in this category between 2022 and 2025, the 24th-most most reported of the 31 categories and 0.5% of all allegations statewide.
These are complaints, not findings. A complaint is recorded when somebody makes it, whether or not an investigation later sustained it, so nothing on this page establishes that any officer did anything.
Merged from 2 source spellings: Improper Supervision/Failure To Supervise; Improper Supervision/Failure to Supervise.
Allegations
383
2022 to 2025
Agencies reporting
149
At least one in the period
Reported in 2025
70
118 in 2022
By year
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 115 | 80 | 70 |
Year-to-year movement reflects both complaint volume and reporting practice. The number of agencies filing a report changes each year, and a category can grow simply because more departments began classifying complaints into it.
Where it is reported most
Highest raw counts. Large departments appear here largely because they are large.
Where it makes up the largest share
A high share means this category is unusually prominent in what that agency records. It can reflect what happens there, or how that agency classifies complaints.
| Agency | Share |
|---|---|
| Totowa Borough Police Department | 15.2% |
| North Wildwood City Police Department | 6.3% |
| Randolph Township Police Department | 6.3% |
| Burlington County Sheriff's Office | 6.1% |
| Newton Police Department | 5.8% |
| Washington Township Police Department | 5.7% |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department | 5.3% |
| Bergenfield Police Department | 5.0% |
| Burlington County Corrections | 4.1% |
| Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department | 4.1% |
| Harrison Police Department | 3.8% |
| Union County Sheriff's Office | 3.8% |
| Wallington Police Department | 3.8% |
| Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office | 3.6% |
| Clinton Township Police Department | 3.6% |
By county
Other categories
- Other Departmental Rule Violation
- Demeanor
- Excessive Force
- Differential Treatment
- Other Criminal Violation
- Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation
- Neglect of Duty
- Improper Arrest
- Use Of Force Policy Violation
- Preventable MV accident
- Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency
- Attendance issues
- Improper Search
- Insubordination/Disobeying An Order
- All 31