Department profile · Cumberland County
Cumberland County Sheriff's Department
Reported as: Cumberland Co Sheriff'S DeptCounty sheriff
Jurisdiction context
Civil service jurisdiction
Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Cumberland County on the New Jersey Civil Service Commission roster.
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Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.
In brief
Cumberland County Sheriff's Department reported 32 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 20 officers named in those cases, up from 26 in 2024. Its rate of 160 per 100 officers equaled the Cumberland County median and ran well above the 115.2 median for sheriff agencies, a spread that can signal more misconduct or a fuller record of complaints. Of the 32 investigations detailed for 2025, 17 reported sustained complaints. Attendance Issues led the allegation categories, with Other Departmental Rule Violation and Excessive Force next.
Four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025, none of them terminations. The department received a C on the report card, at the 60th percentile among 21 peers in the all sheriff agencies 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
20[1]
Distinct officers in that year's IA investigations, not total staffing
IA investigations, 2025
32[1]
Incidents, 2025
30[1]
Major discipline records
4
All years, 2020-2025
Staffing
Staffing data not available. The FBI's national staffing census (LEE) does not separately track county corrections facilities, sheriff's offices, or other county agencies in New Jersey -- only a single statewide Department of Corrections figure exists in that data. See the methodology for what FBI staffing data does and does not cover.
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
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 32 |
Complaint mix, 2025
Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Officer-level rows list 31 officers involved.
Most serious allegation
| Attendance Issues | 13 |
|---|---|
| Other Departmental Rule Violation | 11 |
| Excessive Force | 4 |
| Demeanor | 1 |
| Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency | 1 |
| Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) | 1 |
| Preventable MV Accident | 1 |
Internal disposition
| Sustained | 17 |
|---|---|
| Exonerated | 10 |
| not provided | 4 |
| Administratively Closed | 1 |
Against peers, 2025
How this grade was built →| Cumberland County Sheriff's Department | 160.0 |
|---|---|
| County median, county sheriff (1) | 160.0 |
| NJ median, county sheriff (20) | 115.2 |
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.
Report card
Grade C: Middle fifth of peers
On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology
- Combined standing
- 60th percentile of 21 peers
- Confidence
- High confidence
Where this agency falls among its peers
The actual spread of discipline severity across Cumberland County Sheriff's Department's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.
Peer group: County sheriff, all sheriff agencies (n=21)
Cumberland County Sheriff's Department: 56.962 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 36th percentile among County sheriff, all sheriff agencies (n=21).
| Range | Agencies |
|---|---|
| 0–50 | 6 |
| 50–100 | 8 |
| 100–150 | 6 |
| 150–200 | 0 |
| 200–250 | 1 |
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%
160.8 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%
57.0 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%
1.50 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
| Year | major discipline records |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
1 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.
Every name links to the officer's record page with the agency's full synopsis and citation.
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 Cumberland County Sheriff's Department's internal affairs and discipline record?
Cumberland County Sheriff's Department reported 32 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 20 officers named in those cases, up from 26 in 2024. Its rate of 160 per 100 officers equaled the Cumberland County median and ran well above the 115.2 median for sheriff agencies, a spread that can signal more misconduct or a fuller record of complaints. Of the 32 investigations detailed for 2025, 17 reported sustained complaints. Attendance Issues led the allegation categories, with Other Departmental Rule Violation and Excessive Force next. Four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025, none of them terminations. The department received a C on the report card, at the 60th percentile among 21 peers in the all sheriff agencies group, a high-confidence grade.
How many internal affairs investigations did Cumberland County Sheriff's Department report in 2025?
Cumberland County Sheriff's Department reported 32 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 20 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.
How many major discipline records does Cumberland County Sheriff's Department have?
Cumberland County Sheriff's Department has 4 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 0 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Sources
- [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2206. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [2]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.
- [3]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 176. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [4]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1192. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1701. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [6]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 682. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [7]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2206. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [8]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 Cumberland Co Sheriff'S Dept row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
- [9]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 271. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
- [10]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1046. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
- [11]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2140. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
- [12]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2514. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩