Department profile · Mercer County
College Of New Jersey Police Department
Reported as: College Of New Jersey PDMunicipal police
Jurisdiction context
Civil service status not verified
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In brief
College Of New Jersey Police Department, a municipal police agency in Mercer County, reported 6 officers named in internal affairs cases in 2025 and 7 investigations that year. Its rate of 116.7 investigations per 100 officers ran below the Mercer County median of 133.3 and below the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Rates like these are hard to read on their own: a lower figure can mean fewer complaints or a narrower record of them. Of the 7 investigations detailed for 2025, 3 reported sustained complaints. Preventable MV Accident was the leading allegation category, followed by Demeanor and Neglect of Duty. Allegations are not findings.
No major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, and the absence of records is not a finding. The department received a B on the report card, at the 24th percentile among 171 peers in the 15-29 officers group, a medium-confidence grade.
Written by this site strictly from the figures on this page; every number is cited below.
Officers named in IA cases, 2025
6[1]
Distinct officers in that year's IA investigations, not total staffing
IA investigations, 2025
7[1]
Incidents, 2025
5[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
17[4]
18 years reported
| Year | sworn officers |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 16 |
| 2009 | 18 |
| 2010 | 19 |
| 2011 | 20 |
| 2012 | 20 |
| 2013 | 16 |
| 2014 | 18 |
| 2015 | 18 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 17 |
| 2018 | 19 |
| 2019 | 16 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2023 | 17 |
| 2024 | 20 |
| 2025 | 17 |
How College Of New Jersey 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, 15-29 officers (n=166)
| Range | Agencies |
|---|---|
| 14–16 | 17 |
| 16–18 | 19 |
| 18–20 | 27 |
| 20–22 | 17 |
| 22–24 | 26 |
| 24–26 | 24 |
| 26–28 | 17 |
| 28–30 | 19 |
College Of New Jersey Police Department: 17 sworn officers: 18th percentile among Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=166).
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 College Of New Jersey 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 Mercer 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 |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 |
Incidents
5 in 2025
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 |
Officers on IA rows
7 in 2025
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | not reported |
| 2022 | not reported |
| 2023 | not reported |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 |
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 · 5 reported years
| Year | share of total |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 72.727 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2024 | 28.571 |
| 2025 | 42.857 |
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 7 officers involved.
Most serious allegation
| Preventable MV Accident | 3 |
|---|---|
| Demeanor | 2 |
| Neglect of Duty | 2 |
Statewide category pages: Preventable MV Accident · Demeanor · Neglect of Duty
Internal disposition
| Sustained | 3 |
|---|---|
| Not Sustained | 2 |
| Administratively Closed | 2 |
Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025
Demeanor
11 of 35
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 |
Neglect of Duty
6 of 35
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 |
Preventable MV Accident
6 of 35
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 |
Differential Treatment
4 of 35
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 |
Other (4 categories)
8 of 35
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 |
Against peers, 2025
How this grade was built →| College Of New Jersey Police Department | 116.7 |
|---|---|
| County median, municipal police (13) | 133.3 |
| 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.
7 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 17 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[18] = 41.2 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
- 24th percentile of 171 peers
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- 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 College Of New Jersey Police Department's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.
Peer group: Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=171)
| Range | Agencies |
|---|---|
| 0–50 | 120 |
| 50–100 | 24 |
| 100–150 | 15 |
| 150–200 | 7 |
| 200–250 | 3 |
| 250–300 | 2 |
College Of New Jersey Police Department: 0 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 25th percentile among Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=171).
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%
114.2 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%
2.00 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 | 116.7 | 283rd of 445 municipal police |
| IA investigations2025 | 7 | 267th of 445 municipal police |
| IA incidents2025 | 5 | 267th of 445 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.
Public records requests
No records-request history is shown for this department. OPRAmachine, an independent site that files and publishes Open Public Records Act requests, has no public body that confidently matches this department, so this site does not assert one. That does not mean nobody has requested records from it. (Checked against a snapshot of OPRAmachine taken 12 July 2026.) See the methodology for how the match is made.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of College Of New Jersey Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?
College Of New Jersey Police Department, a municipal police agency in Mercer County, reported 6 officers named in internal affairs cases in 2025 and 7 investigations that year. Its rate of 116.7 investigations per 100 officers ran below the Mercer County median of 133.3 and below the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Rates like these are hard to read on their own: a lower figure can mean fewer complaints or a narrower record of them. Of the 7 investigations detailed for 2025, 3 reported sustained complaints. Preventable MV Accident was the leading allegation category, followed by Demeanor and Neglect of Duty. Allegations are not findings. No major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, and the absence of records is not a finding. The department received a B on the report card, at the 24th percentile among 171 peers in the 15-29 officers group, a medium-confidence grade.
How many internal affairs investigations did College Of New Jersey Police Department report in 2025?
College Of New Jersey Police Department reported 7 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 6 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.
How many major discipline records does College Of New Jersey Police Department have?
No major discipline records appear for College Of New Jersey 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 College Of New Jersey Police Department have?
College Of New Jersey Police Department reported 17 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 29.4% of them female. 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.
Sources
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- [2]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every College Of New Jersey PD row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [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.
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- [12]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 College Of New Jersey PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
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- [19]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. ↩