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Atlantic City Police Department

Reported as: Atlantic City PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Atlantic City on the New Jersey Civil Service Commission roster.

Read how the process works or the Title 4A glossary. Browse NJCSNavigator’s civil service jurisdiction directory for the full local-jurisdiction roster.

Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.

Radio encryption

Atlantic City Police Department encrypts its radio communications (P25 AES-256, part of its operations (All operations except Sheriff)), according to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, as of 2026-03-06 (verified).

AnalysisThis site treats radio encryption as a meaningful transparency signal. When a department closes its radio traffic to the public, the public loses a real-time window into how it operates. That is context for reading the discipline and internal affairs records on this page, not a figure drawn from them.

In brief

Atlantic City Police Department named 148 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and logged 252 investigations, a rate of 170.3 per 100 officers. Both the Atlantic County median of 119 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median are lower. The gap can reflect more misconduct or a department that opens and records more of the complaints it receives. Of the 252 investigations detailed for 2025, 43 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, followed by Demeanor and Excessive Force.

Major discipline records from the municipal police department appear in every release from 2021 through 2025, 36 in all, including one termination. Atlantic City received an F on the report card, at the 82nd percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

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

Officers named in IA cases, 2025

148[1]

Distinct officers in that year's IA investigations, not total staffing

IA investigations, 2025

252[1]

Incidents, 2025

175[1]

Major discipline records

36

All years, 2020-2025

Staffing

As reported by the department to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) census, full-time personnel as of October 31 each year. This is a different measurement from the "officers named in IA cases" figure above; see the methodology.

Sworn officers, 2025

295[7]

66 years reported

295 sworn officers in 2025, up from 170 in 1960 (+74%).
Yearsworn officers
1960170
1961187
1962176
1963180
1964187
1965192
1966193
1967190
1968206
1969212
1970227
1971241
1972275
1973255
1974306
1975293
1976276
1977280
1978272
1979315
1980327
1981358
1982362
1983386
1984375
1985405
1986389
1987378
1988398
1989393
1990425
1991413
1992432
1993420
1994409
1995404
1996429
1997414
1998419
1999398
2000407
2001423
2002410
2003412
2004393
2005392
2006317
2007366
2008374
2009375
2010283
2011331
2012503
2013312
2014305
2015307
2016278
2017253
2018190
2019190
2020190
2021257
2022270
2023295
2024295
2025295

Civilian employees, 2025

42[8]

0.14 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

39[9]

13.2% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

7.55[10]

Municipal departments only

AnalysisComputed by this site from LEE reported totals; not an official statistic.

How Atlantic City Police Department's sworn staffing compares with its real peer group (same agency type, similar size band), not an assumed bell curve.

Peer group: Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=92)

850–2004200–4001400–6001600–800800–100011000–1200

Atlantic City Police Department: 295 sworn officers: 94th percentile among Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=92).

Atlantic City Police Department: 295 sworn officers, the 94th percentile among 92 Municipal police, 60+ officers.
Sworn officers: Municipal police, 60+ officers
RangeAgencies
0–20085
200–4004
400–6001
600–8001
800–10000
1000–12001

The match between this FBI record and this department is this site's inference, not a certified mapping. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Officer pay and school-staff pay

County comparison

A separate dataset from the discipline records above: NJ Treasury pension salaries as of March 31, 2026, for the 294 active Atlantic City Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$79,360[3]

294 active officers

Median local school staff

$100,140

ATLANTIC CITY BD OF ED, 768 TPAF members

Against the local district

0.79x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

0.88x

Median officer to Atlantic County school-staff median

AnalysisEvery ratio here is computed by this site from as-reported pensionable salaries. The local school figure comes from the pension employer "ATLANTIC CITY BD OF ED", linked to this municipality only because exactly one district in the county resolves to it. A pay comparison is not a statement about either budget. The full county comparison, including the distribution and the tenure-adjusted figure, is on the Atlantic County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Atlantic City Police Department appears in the federal surplus-equipment file with 17 recorded line items received between 1994 and 2017. Their recorded value totals $86,342 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost, which is the price the military paid, not a resale or current value. All 17 line items are in categories this site classes as tactical. The leading categories by value were Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled at $62,627, Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation at $21,468, and Guns, through 30mm at $1,230. These are transfers the department received, not a standing inventory: non-controlled items may be disposed of after one year. Receiving this equipment is not misconduct, and the federal program data is separate in origin from the Attorney General discipline records. This site's Militarization Index, which is analysis rather than an official statistic, puts Atlantic City PD at $293 per officer, in the 61st percentile among 93 agencies in the 60+ officers band. A higher index means heavier program participation, not automatically a worse agency.

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

Total recorded value

$86,342[2]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$86,342[2]

17 of 17 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

1994-2017[2]

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 19 items (Each). Units of issue differ (an item and a kit are not the same thing), so no single combined item count exists.

Top categories by recorded value

Top 1033 equipment categories received by Atlantic City Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Top 1033 equipment categories received by Atlantic City Police Department, by recorded value
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled62,627
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation21,468
Guns, through 30mm1,230
Optical sighting and ranging equipment1,017

Categories received: tactical vs mundane

Each category is classed tactical or mundane by this site's published classification of its Federal Supply Class. Much of what moves through the program is mundane surplus (tools, office and medical equipment); the tactical rows are what the Militarization Index below measures.

1033 equipment categories received by Atlantic City Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
CategoryClassLine itemsQuantity receivedRecorded value (original cost)
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320Tactical11 items (Each)$62,627
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855Tactical66 items (Each)$21,468
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005Tactical99 items (Each)$1,230
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240Tactical13 items (Each)$1,017

Every recorded transfer

Equipment class

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1033 program transfers recorded for Atlantic City Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
ItemCategoryQtyRecorded valueOriginal DoD cost
MOUNT,SIGHT,SMALL ARMSNSN 1005-01-534-8696Shipped 2017-09-14 · DEMIL CGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$126
NIGHT VISION GOGGLENSN 5855-01-228-0937Shipped 2017-09-14 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$3,578
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2017-09-14 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical3 Each$1,017
NIGHT VISION GOGGLENSN 5855-01-228-0937Shipped 2017-09-14 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$3,578
NIGHT VISION GOGGLENSN 5855-01-228-0937Shipped 2017-09-14 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$3,578
NIGHT VISION GOGGLENSN 5855-01-228-0937Shipped 2017-09-14 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$3,578
NIGHT VISION GOGGLENSN 5855-01-228-0937Shipped 2017-09-14 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$3,578
NIGHT VISION GOGGLENSN 5855-01-228-0937Shipped 2017-09-14 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$3,578
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-371-9584Shipped 2017-05-23 · DEMIL CTrucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical1 Each$62,627
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1994-02-24 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1994-02-24 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1994-02-24 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1994-02-24 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1994-02-24 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1994-02-24 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1994-02-24 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1994-02-24 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138

17 of 17 recorded transfers shown. Quantities are per unit of issue and are never summed across units. DEMIL code A: non-controlled property, may be disposed of after one year (so a listed item is not necessarily still held). Codes such as C, D, F, and Q: controlled property with federal return or demilitarization requirements.

AnalysisMilitarization Index: computed by this site, not an official statistic.

Atlantic City Police Department received $293 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 61st percentile among municipal police agencies of similar size (60+ officers, n=93).

Peer group: Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=93)

750–500095000–10000610000–15000215000–20000

Atlantic City Police Department: 293 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 61st percentile among Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=93).

Atlantic City Police Department: 293 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer, the 61st percentile among 93 Municipal police, 60+ officers.
Tactical 1033 value per sworn officer: Municipal police, 60+ officers
RangeAgencies
0–500075
5000–100009
10000–150006
15000–200002

A higher index is not automatically worse. It divides cumulative transfers over the covered window by current staffing, so it measures how intensively an agency has participated in the program, not what it holds today. See the methodology.

Statewide totals, per-county rollups, and the top categories across all of New Jersey are on the 1033 program overview.

Internal affairs investigations by year

15820212032022133202320520242522025
Internal affairs investigations reported by Atlantic City Police Department, by year
Internal affairs investigations reported by Atlantic City Police Department, by year
20212022202320242025
158203133205252

Complaint mix, 2025

Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Officer-level rows list 247 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Atlantic City Police Department, 2025
Most serious allegations reported by Atlantic City Police Department, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation138
Demeanor36
Excessive Force18
Use Of Force Policy Violation9
Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)7
not provided6
Neglect of Duty5
Improper Arrest5
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Atlantic City Police Department, 2025
Internal dispositions reported by Atlantic City Police Department, 2025
not provided114
Exonerated55
Sustained43
Not Sustained29
Administratively Closed9
Unfounded2
ATLANTIC CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT170.3COUNTY MEDIAN, MUNICIPAL POLICE (14)119.0NJ MEDIAN, MUNICIPAL POLICE (445)125.9
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Atlantic City Police Department170.3
County median, municipal police (14)119.0
NJ median, municipal police (445)125.9

Investigations per 100 officers named in that year's IA investigations (the Attorney General's own "Number of Officers" field, a distinct-officer count drawn from the IA case data itself, not a department headcount). A higher number is ambiguous on its own: it can reflect more misconduct, or a stronger internal reporting culture. Medians are computed within the same agency type only.

AnalysisA second, independent rate using FBI-reported staffing instead.

252 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 295 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[17] = 85.4 per 100 FBI-reported sworn officers. This is a genuinely different denominator from the rate above, not a correction of it; the two should not be added or averaged together. See the methodology for why these two officer counts diverge.

Report card

Grade F: Highest fifth of peers

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing
82nd percentile of 93 peers
Confidence
High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Atlantic City Police Department's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.

Peer group: Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=93)

660–502550–1001100–1501150–200

Atlantic City Police Department: 57.818 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 78th percentile among Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=93).

Atlantic City Police Department: 57.818 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers, the 78th percentile among 93 Municipal police, 60+ officers.
Discipline severity: Municipal police, 60+ officers
RangeAgencies
0–5066
50–10025
100–1501
150–2001

How the grade is built

Three components, each a percentile within the peer group. The combined standing is their weighted mean, re-ranked among peers; the grade is the fifth of the peer group it lands in.

IA volumeweight 40%

78th percentileof 93 peers

153.5 investigations per 100 officers (multi-year mean)

Internal affairs investigations per 100 reported officers, averaged over the years where the agency reported both figures.

Discipline severityweight 40%

78th percentileof 93 peers

57.8 severity-weighted discipline per 100 officers, 2020-2025

Major discipline records weighted by sanction (termination 4, demotion 3, suspension 2, other 1) per 100 officers.

Allegation severityweight 20%

10th percentileof 93 peers

1.60 mean severity tier (1 low - 4 critical)

Mean severity tier of IA allegations across 2021-2025, using the published tier map; unknown values excluded.

What this grade can and can't tell you

  • The underlying data is self-reported by agencies, one yearly snapshot at a time.
  • Allegations are not findings; many complaints end unfounded, exonerated, or not sustained.
  • There is no arrest or call-volume denominator in this data, so nothing here is a per-capita misconduct rate. A genuinely independent staffing-based rate, sourced from the FBI rather than this grade's own data, appears above when available. It is a different measurement, not a more accurate version of the grade.
  • A higher internal affairs volume is ambiguous: it can indicate more misconduct, or a more robust oversight and reporting culture. The grade weighs it anyway, because volume is what the record offers; that choice is published, not hidden.
  • The grade is one lens. The records it reads are on this page above.

Major discipline records

14 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.
Yearmajor discipline records
20200
20214
20229
20237
20242
202514

14 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.

Major discipline records reported by Atlantic City Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2025Julian CuellarOfficerSuspended 10 days[18]
2025Juanita HarrisOfficerSuspended 180 days[19]
2025Juanita HarrisOfficerSuspended 20 days[20]
2025Bria HillOfficerSuspended 60 days[21]
2025Sumon MajumderOfficerSuspended 30 days[22]
2025Martina MartinOfficerSuspended 7 days[23]
2025Martina MartinOfficerSuspended 180 days[24]
2025Joshua MunyonOfficerSuspended (days not reported)[25]
2025Dylan PerezOfficerSuspended 180 days[26]
2025Jennifer SanchezOfficerSuspended (days not reported)Separated while IA pending[27]
2025Kevin SkeetersOfficerSuspended 15 days[28]
2025Ozriel ValentinOfficerSuspended 30 days[29]
2025Michael ZunigaOfficerSuspended 45 days[30]
2025Michael ZunigaOfficerSuspended 30 days[31]
2024Michael VegaOfficerSuspended 90 days[32]
2024Warren YoungOfficerSuspended (days not reported)[33]
2023Martina MartinOfficerSuspended 180 days[34]
2023Thomas NealisSLEO IISeparated while IA pending[35]
2023Sterling WheatenOfficerOther sanction[36]
2023Laquay DuboseOfficerOther sanction[37]
2023Faryid HolmesOfficerOther sanction[38]
2023Ivan CruzOfficerSuspended 80 days[39]
2023Gissel GarciaOfficerSuspended 25 days[40]
2022Martina MartinOfficerSuspended 30 days[41]
2022Martina MartinOfficerSuspended 15 days[42]
2022Mailon DembyOfficerSuspended 20 days[43]
2022Michael CampSergeantSuspended 130 days[44]
2022Timothy SmithSergeantSuspended 90 days[45]
2022Randy Rodriguez-MarteOfficerTerminated[46]
2022Corey TreadwayOfficerSuspended 30 days[47]
2022Kleovoulos ZissimopoulosOfficerSuspended 180 days[48]
2022Latray ButcherOfficerSuspended 45 days[49]
2021Martina MartinOfficerSuspended 10 days[50]
2021Warren YoungOfficerSuspended 10 days[51]
2021Victor TweedleOfficerSuspended 15 days[52]
2021Jamira NorwoodOfficerSuspended 30 days[53]

Every name links to the officer's record page with the agency's full synopsis and citation.

Fatal encounters recorded involving this agency

From the independent Fatal Encounters dataset, 2000-2021

In brief (written by this site from the records below)

Eight records in the Fatal Encounters dataset name Atlantic City Police Department, in years from 2004 through 2021. The as-recorded level of force is listed as Gunshot in six of them, and as Undetermined and Vehicle in one record each. Fatal Encounters was an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that logged deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, a category that takes in pursuits, deaths by suicide in police presence, and medical emergencies. A record is not a finding of fault, and it does not say police caused the death. The project stopped collecting in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen at that point and later years are absent by design.

Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset that documented deaths during police encounters nationwide from 2000 until its collection ended in December 2021.[4] 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. A record appears here because Atlantic City Police Departmentis named in the record's as-reported agency field. A listing is not a misconduct finding, and it is not connected to the Attorney General discipline records above. See the methodology. Each record links to its own page with the full as-reported details.

  • Everett Stern

    June 18, 2021 · Atlantic City · Highest level of force as recorded: Vehicle

  • Timothy Deal

    June 22, 2018 · Atlantic City · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

  • Jerome Damon

    September 3, 2016 · Atlantic City · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

  • Tremaine Dantzler

    July 7, 2015 · Atlantic City · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

  • Shawn DeCortez Brown II

    September 9, 2014 · Atlantic City · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

  • Antoquan T. Watson

    March 27, 2014 · Atlantic City · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

  • Derreck Mack

    December 17, 2012 · Atlantic City · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

  • Lanier J. Blunt

    February 10, 2004 · Atlantic City · Highest level of force as recorded: Undetermined

Public records requests

Records requests about this department filed through OPRAmachine, an independent site that files Open Public Records Act requests in public and publishes the responses.[5] This is a third-party, user-generated source, separate in origin from the Attorney General records elsewhere on this page.

Current as of 12 July 2026. These figures are a point-in-time snapshot and do not update: requests filed to OPRAmachine after that date do not appear here. For live activity, see this body on OPRAmachine.

This department has no separate listing on OPRAmachine. Records requests for it are handled through Atlantic City, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 102 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 299 filed to Atlantic City are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

102[5]

Identified by subject line, of 401 filed to Atlantic City

Most recent request

April 2026[5]

First recorded January 2018

Awaiting a response

68[5]

Requests with no response recorded yet

What happened to those requests

Statuses as recorded on OPRAmachine. They are set by the person who filed the request when they classify what came back, not by the agency and not by any court. They describe the fate of a records request and nothing else.

Recorded outcomes of police-related records requests to Atlantic City (requests)
Recorded outcomes of police-related records requests to Atlantic City
Awaiting agency response68
Requester reported success19
Requester reported partial success7
Agency said records not held4
Request refused3
Delivery error1

Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Atlantic City, by date and recorded status. Each was written by a member of the public. A request is a question somebody asked. It is not a finding, not an allegation this site makes, and not evidence that anything happened.

  1. 2026-04-19Awaiting agency response
  2. 2026-03-27Awaiting agency response
  3. 2026-03-27Awaiting agency response
  4. 2026-02-14Awaiting agency response
  5. 2025-11-12Awaiting agency response
  6. 2025-10-19Awaiting agency response
  7. 2025-10-04Awaiting agency response
  8. 2025-10-03Requester reported success
  9. 2025-08-27Awaiting agency response
  10. 2025-08-20Requester reported success
  11. 2025-08-16Awaiting agency response
  12. 2025-08-16Awaiting agency response
Show what each request asked for, as the requester wrote it

These titles are quoted from OPRAmachine exactly as the requester typed them. They are the requester's words, not this site's, and some describe what the requester believed or suspected. Nothing here has been established as fact.

File your own records request

Anyone can request records from this municipality under the Open Public Records Act. This link opens a request on OPRAmachine, pre-filled with a neutral starting point you can edit or replace before you send it. The request, and any response, will be published there.

File an OPRA request about this department

See every request filed to Atlantic City on OPRAmachine.

What this section can and can't tell you

  • A request is not a finding. Every entry records what a member of the public asked for. None of it establishes that an agency did anything, and none of it is an allegation this site is making.
  • Statuses come from the requester, not the agency. On OPRAmachine the person who filed the request classifies the response they got, so “successful” means they said they got what they asked for. It is not the agency's word and not an adjudication.
  • Request volume is not a measure of misconduct. A long list usually reflects public interest, local journalism, or one determined requester. A short list usually means few people have asked.
  • This covers OPRAmachine only. Most OPRA requests in New Jersey are filed directly with agencies and never appear here, so this is a floor, not a total.
  • It is frozen at 12 July 2026. The figures come from a snapshot of OPRAmachine taken on that date and nothing refreshes them, so anything filed since is missing. Treat every number here as a lower bound that is only getting further out of date.
  • The count is an undercount, by design. Requests to Atlantic City are sorted by subject line, because that custodian also handles permits, property, and code enforcement. A request that is genuinely about the police but carries a vague subject line, and many do read only “OPRA Request,” is not counted here. The sorting is this site's own reading of the request titles, not a fact from the source, and it is deliberately cautious: it would rather miss a police request than show you somebody's building permit.

The match between this OPRAmachine body and this department is this site's inference, not a certified mapping. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Atlantic City Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Atlantic City Police Department named 148 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and logged 252 investigations, a rate of 170.3 per 100 officers. Both the Atlantic County median of 119 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median are lower. The gap can reflect more misconduct or a department that opens and records more of the complaints it receives. Of the 252 investigations detailed for 2025, 43 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, followed by Demeanor and Excessive Force. Major discipline records from the municipal police department appear in every release from 2021 through 2025, 36 in all, including one termination. Atlantic City received an F on the report card, at the 82nd percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did Atlantic City Police Department report in 2025?

Atlantic City Police Department reported 252 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 148 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Atlantic City Police Department have?

Atlantic City Police Department has 36 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 1 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Atlantic City Police Department encrypt its radio communications?

According to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, Atlantic City Police Department encrypts part of its radio communications (P25 AES-256), as recorded on 2026-03-06. This site treats radio encryption as a transparency signal, which is analysis, not a figure from the discipline data.

How many officers does Atlantic City Police Department have?

Atlantic City Police Department reported 295 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 13.2% of them female. That is 7.55 sworn officers per 1,000 residents. This is a different measurement from the "officers named in IA cases" figure elsewhere on this page, which counts distinct officers in that year's internal affairs investigations, not total staffing.

What military surplus equipment has Atlantic City Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Atlantic City Police Department received 17 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 1994 and 2017, with a total recorded value of $86,342 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled. Transfers are as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency as of 2026-06-30; equipment acquired through the program is not necessarily still held.

What is the total recorded value of the 1033 equipment Atlantic City Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Atlantic City Police Department under the 1033 program totals $86,342 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $86,342 is in categories this site classes as tactical (17 of 17 line items). These are original-cost figures at the time of transfer, not current or market value.

How many deaths during police encounters are recorded for Atlantic City Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 8 records naming Atlantic City Police Department, from 2004 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. Each record links to a page showing it exactly as the project recorded it.

What does Atlantic City Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 294 active Atlantic City Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $79,360. The median for the 768 TPAF-enrolled staff at ATLANTIC CITY BD OF ED is $100,140, a ratio of 0.79x. Against the Atlantic County school-staff median the ratio is 0.88x. These are pensionable base salaries: they exclude overtime, stipends, longevity and leave payouts for both groups, and a school contract year and a police work year are different lengths. TPAF covers certificated school staff, not only classroom teachers.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2039. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09.
  2. [2]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/
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