{"url":"https://policetransparencynj.com/departments/rochelle-park-pd/","summary":"Rochelle Park Police Department is municipal police in Bergen County. It named 7 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 8 investigations, a rate of 114.3 per 100 officers, under the Bergen County median of 125.3 and the 125.9 municipal median. A rate below the medians can be read as less misconduct or as a department that documents less of what comes in. Of the 8 investigations detailed for 2025, 3 reported sustained complaints. Excessive Force led the allegation categories, followed by Preventable MV Accident and Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency.\n\nOne major discipline record appears across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. Rochelle Park received a D on the report card, at the 69th percentile among 171 peers in the 15-29 officers band, a medium-confidence grade.","note":"Compiled from New Jersey Attorney General public data by an independent project; not a government source. Every value is as reported, with its sourceRef. 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During the course of the arrest and while the actor resisted arrest the officer was found to have utilized excessive physical force. 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