Department profile · Ocean County
Bayhead Borough Police Department
Reported as: Bayhead Boro PDMunicipal police
Jurisdiction context
Not a civil service jurisdiction
This department is not among the NJCSC Appendix A jurisdictions, so major discipline here follows a different statutory track (generally N.J.S.A. 40A:14 for municipal police), with appeals that usually go to the Superior Court rather than the Civil Service Commission.
See the context on non-civil-service departments.
Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.
Officers named in IA cases, 2025
1[1]
Distinct officers in that year's IA investigations, not total staffing
IA investigations, 2025
1[1]
Incidents, 2025
1[1]
Major discipline records
0
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
10[5]
59 years reported
| Year | sworn officers |
|---|---|
| 1963 | 4 |
| 1964 | not reported |
| 1965 | not reported |
| 1966 | not reported |
| 1967 | not reported |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1970 | 5 |
| 1971 | 5 |
| 1972 | 6 |
| 1973 | 6 |
| 1974 | 6 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1977 | 6 |
| 1978 | 6 |
| 1979 | 6 |
| 1980 | 6 |
| 1981 | 6 |
| 1982 | 6 |
| 1983 | 6 |
| 1984 | 6 |
| 1985 | 6 |
| 1986 | 7 |
| 1987 | 7 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1989 | 8 |
| 1990 | 8 |
| 1991 | 8 |
| 1992 | 8 |
| 1993 | 8 |
| 1994 | 8 |
| 1995 | 8 |
| 1996 | 8 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1999 | 8 |
| 2000 | 8 |
| 2001 | 8 |
| 2002 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 10 |
| 2024 | 10 |
| 2025 | 10 |
How Bayhead Borough 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, 1-14 officers (n=100)
| Range | Agencies |
|---|---|
| 0–2 | 13 |
| 2–4 | 3 |
| 4–6 | 1 |
| 6–8 | 17 |
| 8–10 | 11 |
| 10–12 | 14 |
| 12–14 | 41 |
Bayhead Borough Police Department: 10 sworn officers: 49th percentile among Municipal police, 1-14 officers (n=100).
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
No median officer salary is published for Bayhead Borough Police Department. A department needs at least 10 active officers resolved to it in the NJ Treasury pension file before this site shows a median. That threshold is about the stability of the figure, not about the department. The county-level comparison is on the Ocean County pay page.
Military surplus equipment (1033 program)
No 1033 transfers recorded. No surplus-equipment transfers appear for this agency under a high-confidence name match in the Defense Logistics Agency's file as of 2026-06-30. That can mean the agency received nothing through the program, or that a recipient name in the federal file did not confidently match this department. See the methodology for how the match is made, or the statewide 1033 overview for how the program spreads across New Jersey.
Internal affairs investigations by year
counts
| Category | counts |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
Incidents
1 in 2025
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
Computed by this site from the two figures the agency reports each year. Not a misconduct rate: it describes how an agency resolved what it investigated.
share of total · 2 reported years
| Year | share of total |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 |
Statewide, 19.5 percent of investigations reported a sustained complaint in 2025. How dispositions break down statewide.
Complaint mix, 2025
Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Officer-level rows list 1 officers involved.
Most serious allegation
| not provided | 1 |
|---|
Internal disposition
| not provided | 1 |
|---|
Allegations by year, 2023 to 2025
Improper Arrest
1 of 2
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2024 | not reported |
| 2025 | 0 |
not provided
1 of 2
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | not reported |
| 2025 | 1 |
Against peers, 2025
How this grade was built →| Bayhead Borough Police Department | 100.0 |
|---|---|
| County median, municipal police (29) | 100.0 |
| 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.
1 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 10 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[14] = 10.0 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 B: Second-lowest fifth
On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology
- Combined standing
- 30th percentile of 100 peers
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- only 2 year(s) with both investigations and officer counts reported
- small agency; per-officer rates swing widely on a handful of cases
Where this agency falls among its peers
The actual spread of discipline severity across Bayhead Borough Police Department's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.
Peer group: Municipal police, 1-14 officers (n=100)
| Range | Agencies |
|---|---|
| 0–50 | 74 |
| 50–100 | 6 |
| 100–150 | 8 |
| 150–200 | 2 |
| 200–250 | 4 |
| 250–300 | 2 |
| 300–350 | 4 |
Bayhead Borough Police Department: 0 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 34th percentile among Municipal police, 1-14 officers (n=100).
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%
100.0 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%
0.0 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%
3.00 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.
Where this agency ranks
| Metric | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| IA per 100 investigated officers2025 | 100.0 | 322nd of 445 municipal police |
| IA investigations2025 | 1 | 410th of 445 municipal police |
| IA incidents2025 | 1 | 405th of 445 municipal police |
| Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year | 10.28 | 14th of 460 municipal police |
| OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present | 26 | 117th of 458 municipal police |
Major discipline records
No major discipline records appear for this agency in the 2020-2025 releases. Absence of records is not a finding; see the methodology for what this data does and does not cover.
Fatal encounters recorded involving this agency
From the independent Fatal Encounters dataset, 2000-2021
In brief (written by this site from the records below)
A single record in the Fatal Encounters dataset names Bayhead Borough Police Department, dated 2018. The dataset gives the force label, as recorded, as Gunshot. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that documented deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits, deaths in police presence, and medical emergencies. A record is not a finding of fault against the agency or any officer, and it is not connected to the Attorney General discipline records elsewhere on this page. The project stopped collecting in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen and nothing after that date appears here.
Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset that documented deaths during police encounters nationwide from 2000 until its collection ended in December 2021.[2] 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 Bayhead Borough 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.
- Edward M. Walsh
November 12, 2018 · Mantoloking · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot
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.[3] 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 Bay Head Borough, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 26 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 74 filed to Bay Head Borough are about something else and are not shown.
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.
| Awaiting agency response | 14 |
|---|---|
| Requester reported success | 6 |
| Agency said records not held | 3 |
| Requester reported partial success | 2 |
| Request refused | 1 |
Recent requests
The 12 most recent police-related requests to Bay Head Borough, 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.
- 2026-05-28Agency said records not held
- 2026-04-03Agency said records not held
- 2025-10-08Awaiting agency response
- 2025-08-13Agency said records not held
- 2025-06-18Awaiting agency response
- 2025-05-29Awaiting agency response
- 2025-04-04Awaiting agency response
- 2025-03-04Awaiting agency response
- 2025-01-22Awaiting agency response
- 2024-11-27Awaiting agency response
- 2024-11-27Awaiting agency response
- 2024-11-21Awaiting 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.
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Records Request”
2026-05-28 · Agency said records not held
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Records Request”
2026-04-03 · Agency said records not held
A member of the public requested: “Police OPRA Request”
2025-10-08 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Records Request”
2025-08-13 · Agency said records not held
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Open Records Request”
2025-06-18 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Open Records Request”
2025-05-29 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Open Records Request”
2025-04-04 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Open Records Request”
2025-03-04 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Open Records Request”
2025-01-22 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Open Records Request”
2024-11-27 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department Open Records Request”
2024-11-27 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Bay Head Police Department CAD Detail Reports with Officer narratives from 11/08/2024 to 11/15/2024”
2024-11-21 · Awaiting agency response
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 Bay Head Borough 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 Bay Head Borough 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
How many internal affairs investigations did Bayhead Borough Police Department report in 2025?
Bayhead Borough Police Department reported 1 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 1 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.
How many major discipline records does Bayhead Borough Police Department have?
No major discipline records appear for Bayhead Borough Police Department in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases. Absence of records is not a finding; discipline is listed only after all appeals conclude.
How many officers does Bayhead Borough Police Department have?
Bayhead Borough Police Department reported 10 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 0% of them female. That is 10.28 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.
How many deaths during police encounters are recorded for Bayhead Borough Police Department?
The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 1 record naming Bayhead Borough Police Department, from 2018 through 2018. 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.
Sources
- [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2413. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [2]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/ ↩
- [3]Records-request activity for Bay Head Borough. OPRAmachine (opramachine.com), an independent public-records platform. Publicly visible requests only. Point-in-time snapshot taken 2026-07-12 from a database export dated 2026-07-11. Not updated after that date; see opramachine.com for current activity. ↩
- [4]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.
- [5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8507. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
- [6]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8507. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
- [7]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8507. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
- [8]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8507. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
- [9]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1902. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [10]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2413. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [11]New Jersey Internal Affairs Investigations, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. Aggregated from every Bayhead Boro PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
- [12]New Jersey Internal Affairs Data Download, 2021-2023. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. Aggregated from every Bayhead Boro PD row for 2023. ↩
- [13]New Jersey Internal Affairs Investigations, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. Aggregated from every Bayhead Boro PD row for 2025. ↩
- [14]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8507. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
- [15]Ranks computed by this site over the Attorney General internal affairs agency totals and major discipline releases, within agency type. Each ranking page lists every agency and its source rows. ↩