{"url":"https://policetransparencynj.com/departments/wildwood-pd/","summary":"Wildwood Police Department reported 34 internal affairs investigations in 2025, with 29 officers named. Its rate of 117.2 per 100 officers ran under the Cape May County median of 118 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Of the 34 investigations detailed for 2025, 19 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, ahead of Preventable MV Accident and Excessive Force.\n\nNine major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Terminations are not reported in those records. Wildwood PD received a D on the report card, at the 70th percentile among 110 peers in the 30-59 officers group, a high-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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