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Gloucester County

21 law enforcement agencies reported internal affairs activity for 2025.

IA investigations, 2025

271[1]

Officers named in IA cases, 2025

222[1]

Major discipline records

50[2]

All years, 2020-2025

Terminations

9[2]

All years, 2020-2025

In brief

Gloucester County counted 271 internal affairs investigations across its agencies in 2025, with 21 of 22 agencies reporting and 222 officers named in those cases. The Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office logged the most investigations, 43, followed closely by the Monroe Township Police Department with 42 and the Deptford Township Police Department with 22. A larger caseload at one agency can mean more misconduct or a stronger habit of documenting complaints, and the counts alone do not separate the two.

Across the 2020-2025 major discipline releases, agencies in Gloucester County account for 50 records, including nine terminations. The Monroe Township Police Department carries the most with 12, ahead of the Gloucester County Sheriff's Department with eight and the East Greenwich Township Police Department with five. Major discipline records reflect final, adjudicated outcomes; allegations are not findings.

Written by this site strictly from the figures on this page; every number is cited below.

Internal affairs investigations in Gloucester County, by year

counts · 5 reported years

Internal affairs investigations reported by Gloucester County agencies, by year
Yearcounts
2021260
2022246
2023281
2024218
2025271

Where this county sits

AnalysisOrdinals compare the 21 counties on figures as reported. A county total also tracks population and agency count, so a high ordinal is scale as much as anything else. Map every county measure.
Gloucester County's standing on each county measure, among the 21 counties
MeasureValueRank
IA per 1,000 residents20250.9014th of 21 counties
Discipline per 1,000 residents2020-20250.1712th of 21 counties
Officers named per 1,00020250.7311th of 21 counties
Per officer named20251.2220th of 21 counties
Not reporting20250%1st of 21 counties
IA investigations202527116th of 21 counties
IA incidents202521516th of 21 counties
Officers named202522215th of 21 counties
Major discipline2020-20255014th of 21 counties
Terminations2020-2025913th of 21 counties

Agencies in Gloucester County

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Law enforcement agencies in Gloucester County with 2025 internal affairs totals and 2020-2025 major discipline record counts
AgencyTypeOfficersInvestigationsIncidentsMajor discipline
Gloucester County Prosecutor's OfficeCounty prosecutor4043 (98th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)211 (45th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Monroe Township Police DepartmentCivil serviceMunicipal police3442 (93rd percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)3912 (98th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Deptford Township Police DepartmentCivil serviceMunicipal police1522 (88th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)204 (82nd percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Franklin Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police1820 (83rd percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)111 (45th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
West Deptford Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police1418 (79th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)152 (59th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Washington Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police1016 (74th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)151 (45th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
East Greenwich Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police1215 (69th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)65 (89th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Glassboro Police DepartmentMunicipal police912 (62nd percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)102 (59th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Woodbury City Police DepartmentMunicipal police1012 (62nd percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)110 (18th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Paulsboro Police DepartmentMunicipal police811 (55th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)103 (70th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Gloucester County Sheriff's DepartmentCivil serviceCounty sheriff99 (48th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)98 (93rd percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Logan Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police79 (48th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)80 (18th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Clayton Police DepartmentMunicipal police58 (38th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)83 (70th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Rowan University Of New JerseyOther agency78 (38th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)80 (18th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Greenwich Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police56 (31st percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)40 (18th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Elk Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police45 (24th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)50 (18th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Mantua Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police55 (24th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)53 (70th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Woolwich Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police44 (17th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)44 (82nd percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Harrison Township Police DepartmentMunicipal police33 (12th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)31 (45th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Pitman Police DepartmentMunicipal police22 (7th percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)20 (18th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Westville Police DepartmentMunicipal police11 (2nd percentile among reporting agencies in Gloucester County)10 (18th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
Woodbury Heights Police DepartmentMunicipal policenot reportednot reportednot reported0 (18th percentile among agencies in Gloucester County)
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Shading on Investigations and Major discipline compares each agency to the other 21 reporting agencies in Gloucester County only. Not a grade or a judgment.

IA totals are for 2025; major discipline counts span 2020-2025. 3 of these agencies are in civil service jurisdictions governed by the Title 4A discipline framework (see the full local jurisdiction roster).

Police pay and school-staff pay

Full comparison

A separate dataset from the discipline records above: NJ Treasury pension salaries as of March 31, 2026, for 743 active police officers and 4,986 active TPAF-enrolled school staff whose employers the pension system places in Gloucester County.

Median police officer

$106,799[6]

Pensionable base salary

Median school staff

$80,749

Pensionable base salary

Ratio

1.32x

$26,050 a year

School staff below the median officer

94%

Share of the county's TPAF members

AnalysisThe ratio is computed by this site from as-reported pensionable salaries. It is a pay comparison, not a statement about either budget. The percentiles, the distribution shape, the tenure-adjusted figure and the department detail are on the full Gloucester County comparison.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

Surplus military equipment transferred to GloucesterCounty agencies under the Defense Department's 1033 program, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency.

Total recorded value

$1,264,081[4]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$1,084,767[4]

28 of 34 line items classed tactical

Recipient agencies

7[4]

Matched at high confidence

Recorded 1033 transfers to Gloucester County agencies, by recipient
AgencyLine itemsTactical valueTotal value
Washington Township Police Department12$1,047,942$1,047,942
Paulsboro Police Department1$12,512$12,512
Mantua Township Police Department6$9,343$15,296
Harrison Township Police Department10$7,490$7,490
Deptford Township Police Department3$7,480$7,480
Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office1$0$76,895
West Deptford Township Police Department1$0$96,466

Transfer window for the county: 2014-2022, earliest to latest recorded ship date. Statewide totals, per-county comparisons, and top equipment categories are on the 1033 program overview.

Fatal encounters recorded in Gloucester County

From the independent Fatal Encounters dataset, 2000-2021

Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that documented deaths during police encounters nationwide from 2000 until its collection ended in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen: no records after 2021 means the dataset ended, not that these deaths ended.[5] It records all deaths that occurred during a police encounter of any kind: vehicle pursuits, suicides in police presence, and medical emergencies are included alongside uses of force. The 14 records below appear here because the county the project recorded is Gloucester County. A listing is not a misconduct finding, and it is not connected to the Attorney General discipline records on this page. See the methodology. Each record links to its own page with the full as-reported details.

Fatal Encounters records the dataset places in Gloucester County, 2000 to 2021The 14 geocoded Gloucester County records from the Fatal Encounters dataset, as points on the state. The record list below carries every record's details.

14 of 14 records plotted.

Fatal Encounters records the dataset places in Gloucester County, 2000 to 2021
Fatal Encounters records the dataset places in Gloucester County, 2000 to 2021: records by county
CountyRecords
Gloucester14

Individual records, with names, dates, cities, and the agencies the source names, are in the record list on this page.

2021 (1 record)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2021
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
Charles Frederick Sharp III2021-09-14Mantua TownshipGunshot

2019 (1 record)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2019
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
William J. Owens2019-01-14SwedesboroGunshot

2018 (2 records)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2018
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
Victor Manuel Garcia2018-06-26GlassboroVehicle
LaShanda Anderson2018-06-09DeptfordGunshot

2016 (1 record)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2016
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
Andrew B. Davoli2016-12-16WoodburyVehicle

2014 (2 records)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2014
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
Matthew McCloskey2014-12-28FranklinvilleVehicle
William Z. Schickel2014-09-22West DeptfordGunshot

2013 (1 record)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2013
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
David Compton2013-01-05WenonahGunshot

2011 (1 record)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2011
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
Darold Stewart2011-08-18GlassboroMedical emergency

2008 (1 record)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2008
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
Name withheld by police2008-07-22West DeptfordGunshot

2005 (2 records)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2005
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
Sixto Angelero Silva2005-07-15West DeptfordVehicle
John Bartolett2005-07-13West DeptfordGunshot

2003 (1 record)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2003
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
Robert Jacovelli2003-03-11MantuaGunshot

2000 (1 record)

Fatal Encounters records for Gloucester County, 2000
Name as recordedDateLocation as recordedHighest level of force as recorded
William Leffler2000-03-16West DeptfordVehicle

All 14 of these records, and every New Jersey record in the dataset, are on the fatal encounters index.

Questions and answers

How many internal affairs investigations did Gloucester County report in 2025?

Agencies in Gloucester County reported 271 internal affairs investigations in 2025, across 21 reporting agencies, according to New Jersey Attorney General data.

How many police major discipline records are there in Gloucester County?

Gloucester County agencies have 50 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, including 9 terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions.

How much military surplus equipment have Gloucester County police received?

7 agencies in Gloucester County matched recorded DoD 1033 program transfers worth $1,264,081 at original acquisition cost, per the Defense Logistics Agency's public file. These are transfers received over time, not a current inventory, and receiving surplus equipment is not misconduct.

How many deaths during police encounters are recorded in Gloucester County?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 14 records whose recorded county is Gloucester County, covering 2000 through 2021. Fatal Encounters is a crowdsourced journalism project, not a government source, and it documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind. It stopped collecting in December 2021, so the absence of later records means the dataset ended.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. County totals summed over Gloucester County agency rows for 2025; row 1 is the header.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. Record counts from Gloucester County rows, all years; row 1 is the header.
  3. [3]New Jersey county boundaries. New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS). NJ_Counties_3857 (FeatureServer layer 0), https://services2.arcgis.com/XVOqAjTOJ5P6ngMu/arcgis/rest/services/NJ_Counties_3857/FeatureServer/0. 2020 boundary delineation. Retrieved 2026-07-27. Boundaries are generalized for display. This data set is not a survey document and must not be used as such. The polygons do not represent legal boundaries.
  4. [4]DoD 1033 Program transfers (LESO Public Information), New Jersey sheet. Defense Logistics Agency (U.S. Department of Defense). LESO Public Information: DISP_AllStatesAndTerritories, quarterly file as of 2026-06-30; recorded ship dates 1993-2026. Retrieved 2026-07-10. https://www.dla.mil/Disposition-Services/Offers/Law-Enforcement/Public-Information/
  5. [5]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Fatal Encounters national dataset (2000-2021); collection ended December 2021. Retrieved 2026-07-10. https://fatalencounters.org/
  6. [6]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset) and YourMoney Active Pension Members (TPAF subset, names removed). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Both snapshots as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. Figures are computed by this site from as-reported pensionable salaries; the row-by-row account of what entered each figure is published at /data/pay-comparison.json.