Department profile · Bergen County

Fort Lee Police Department

Reported as: Fort Lee PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Fort Lee 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.

In brief

Fort Lee Police Department, a municipal police agency in Bergen County, logged 54 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 43 officers named in those cases. The rate of 125.6 per 100 officers sat close to the Bergen County median of 125.3 and the statewide municipal median of 125.9. Volume alone says little about conduct: a department near the middle may be typical in its misconduct, or typical in how much of it reaches paper. Of the 54 investigations detailed for 2025, 17 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led the allegation categories, followed by Demeanor and Improper Arrest.

One major discipline record appears across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. Fort Lee PD received an A on the report card, at the 2nd 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

43^{^[1]}

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

IA investigations, 2025

54^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

41^{^[1]}

Major discipline records

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

107^{^[7]}

64 years reported

107 sworn officers in 2025, up from 40 in 1960 (+168%).
Year	sworn officers
1960	40
1961	43
1962	42
1963	43
1964	46
1965	45
1966	not reported
1967	49
1968	55
1969	54
1970	56
1971	63
1972	67
1973	74
1974	80
1975	79
1976	76
1977	73
1978	78
1979	76
1980	80
1981	79
1982	86
1983	85
1984	85
1985	86
1986	97
1987	97
1988	95
1989	99
1990	103
1991	94
1992	91
1993	97
1994	93
1995	91
1996	91
1997	90
1998	89
1999	96
2000	96
2001	98
2002	98
2003	104
2004	102
2005	108
2006	106
2007	108
2008	109
2009	108
2010	91
2011	89
2012	87
2013	not reported
2014	95
2015	93
2016	90
2017	97
2018	98
2019	92
2020	93
2021	96
2022	99
2023	102
2024	102
2025	107

Civilian employees, 2025

21^{^[8]}

0.2 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

16^{^[9]}

15% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

2.63^{^[10]}

Municipal departments only

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

How Fort Lee 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)

Sworn officers: Municipal police, 60+ officers
Range	Agencies
0–200	84
200–400	5
400–600	1
600–800	1
800–1000	0
1000–1200	1

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Fort Lee Police Department: 107 sworn officers: 61st percentile among Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=92).

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 104 active Fort Lee Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$155,884^{^[3]}

104 active officers

Median local school staff

$90,531

FORT LEE BD OF ED, 394 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.72x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.70x

Median officer to Bergen 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 "FORT LEE 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 Bergen County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Fort Lee Police Department received 67 recorded line items of surplus military equipment between 1997 and 2021, with a total recorded value of $399,862. That figure is original Department of Defense acquisition cost, not current or market value, and all of it falls into categories this site classes as tactical. The largest categories by recorded value were Unmanned ground vehicles at $264,372, Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation at $77,398, and Guns, through 30mm at $51,757. These are transfers received across a long window rather than a current inventory, and non-controlled items may be disposed of after one year. Receiving surplus equipment through the federal program is not misconduct, and this data is separate in origin from the Attorney General discipline records on this page.

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

Total recorded value

$399,862^{^[2]}

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$399,862^{^[2]}

67 of 67 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

1997-2021^{^[2]}

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 321 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 Fort Lee Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Unmanned ground vehicles	264,372 tactical
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation	77,398 tactical
Guns, through 30mm	51,757 tactical
Optical sighting and ranging equipment	6,335 tactical

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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 Fort Lee Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
Category	Class	Line items	Quantity received	Recorded value (original cost)
Unmanned ground vehiclesEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 2360	Tactical	2	2 items (Each)	$264,372
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855	Tactical	6	6 items (Each)	$77,398
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005	Tactical	57	298 items (Each)	$51,757
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240	Tactical	2	15 items (Each)	$6,335

Every recorded transfer

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1033 program transfers recorded for Fort Lee Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
Item	Category	Qty	Recorded valueOriginal DoD cost	Ship date	DEMIL
UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUNDNSN 2360-01-663-1082Shipped 2021-01-15 · DEMIL Q	Unmanned ground vehicles Tactical	1 Each	$77,060	2021-01-15	Q
UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUNDNSN 2360-01-575-0646Shipped 2016-12-01 · DEMIL Q	Unmanned ground vehicles Tactical	1 Each	$187,312	2016-12-01	Q
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-00-921-5004Shipped 2014-12-19 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	100 Each	$1,617	2014-12-19	D
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-00-921-5004Shipped 2014-11-28 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$16	2014-11-28	D
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-00-921-5004Shipped 2014-11-28 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	7 Each	$113	2014-11-28	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-00-921-5004Shipped 2014-09-29 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	50 Each	$809	2014-09-29	D
BIPOD,RIFLENSN 1005-01-563-8451Shipped 2014-09-17 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	25 Each	$4,238	2014-09-17	D
SIGHT,THERMALNSN 5855-01-524-4313Shipped 2014-09-16 · DEMIL F	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$11,300	2014-09-16	F
SIGHT,THERMALNSN 5855-01-524-4313Shipped 2014-09-16 · DEMIL F	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$11,300	2014-09-16	F
SIGHT,THERMALNSN 5855-01-524-4314Shipped 2014-09-16 · DEMIL F	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$11,999	2014-09-16	F
SIGHT,THERMALNSN 5855-01-524-4314Shipped 2014-09-16 · DEMIL F	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$11,999	2014-09-16	F
SIGHT,THERMALNSN 5855-01-458-0210Shipped 2014-09-16 · DEMIL F	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$15,400	2014-09-16	F
SIGHT,THERMALNSN 5855-01-458-0210Shipped 2014-09-16 · DEMIL F	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$15,400	2014-09-16	F
BARREL,CARBINENSN 1005-01-578-9974Shipped 2014-09-10 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	15 Each	$7,800	2014-09-10	D
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-01-520-5993Shipped 2014-08-12 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	50 Each	$965	2014-08-12	D
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2014-08-12 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	10 Each	$3,390	2014-08-12	Q
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-576-6134Shipped 2014-08-08 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	5 Each	$2,945	2014-08-08	Q
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1997-04-21	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1997-04-21	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1997-04-21	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1997-04-21	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1997-04-21	D

67 of 67 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.

Fort Lee Police Department received $3,737 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 78th percentile among municipal police agencies of similar size (60+ officers, n=93).

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

Tactical 1033 value per sworn officer: Municipal police, 60+ officers
Range	Agencies
0–5000	75
5000–10000	9
10000–15000	6
15000–20000	2

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Fort Lee Police Department: 3,737 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 78th percentile among Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=93).

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

counts

Internal affairs investigations reported by Fort Lee Police Department, by year
Category	counts
2021	26
2022	56
2023	50
2024	53
2025	54

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Incidents

41 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Fort Lee Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	26
2022	31
2023	35
2024	36
2025	41

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Officers on IA rows

54 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Fort Lee Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	52
2025	54

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Analysis

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

Share of internal affairs investigations sustained by Fort Lee Police Department, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	32.143
2023	46
2024	20.755
2025	31.481

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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 54 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Fort Lee Police Department, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation	23
Demeanor	10
Improper Arrest	5
Improper Entry	4
Excessive Force	3
BWC/MVR Violation	3
Differential Treatment	2
Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency	1

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Demeanor · Improper Arrest · Improper Entry · Excessive Force · BWC/MVR Violation · Differential Treatment · Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Fort Lee Police Department, 2025
Sustained	17
Exonerated	14
not provided	13
Not Sustained	6
Unfounded	2
Administratively Closed	2

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Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

AnalysisRanked and folded by this site. The counts inside each panel are as reported.

Other Departmental Rule Violation

116 of 239

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Fort Lee Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	13
2022	31
2023	26
2024	23
2025	23

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Demeanor

44 of 239

Demeanor allegations reported by Fort Lee Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	9
2022	5
2023	13
2024	7
2025	10

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Differential Treatment

11 of 239

Differential Treatment allegations reported by Fort Lee Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	1
2022	5
2023	1
2024	2
2025	2

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Improper Entry

11 of 239

Improper Entry allegations reported by Fort Lee Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	0
2023	0
2024	7
2025	4

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Other (14 categories)

57 of 239

Other (14 categories) allegations reported by Fort Lee Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	3
2022	15
2023	10
2024	14
2025	15

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Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →

Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Fort Lee Police Department	125.6
County median, municipal police (60)	125.3
NJ median, municipal police (445)	125.9

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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.

54 investigations reported for 2025^[1] ÷ 107 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025^[22] = 50.5 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 A: Lowest fifth of peers

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing: 2nd percentile of 93 peers
Confidence: High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Fort Lee 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)

Discipline severity: Municipal police, 60+ officers
Range	Agencies
0–50	66
50–100	25
100–150	1
150–200	1

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Fort Lee Police Department: 5.263 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 5th percentile among Municipal police, 60+ officers (n=93).

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%

31st percentileof 93 peers

123.9 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%

5th percentileof 93 peers

5.3 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%

24th percentileof 93 peers

1.79 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

AnalysisRankings compare agencies of the same type only, on figures as reported. A high rank is reported volume, not a verdict.^[23] How each metric is defined.

This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
Metric	Value	Rank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025	125.6	225th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations2025	54	34th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents2025	41	35th of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025	1	184th of 282 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30	$3,737	64th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year	2.63	173rd of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-31	1.70x	48th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present	26	117th of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.
Year	major discipline records
2020	0
2021	0
2022	0
2023	1
2024	0
2025	0

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.

Major discipline records reported by Fort Lee Police Department, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2023	Alexander Levy	Officer	Separated while IA pending	^[24]

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

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.^[4] 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 Fort Lee 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 91 filed to Fort Lee Borough are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

26^{^[4]}

Identified by subject line, of 117 filed to Fort Lee Borough

Most recent request

October 2025^{^[4]}

First recorded July 2019

Awaiting a response

15^{^[4]}

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 Fort Lee Borough (requests)
Awaiting agency response	15
Requester reported success	8
Requester reported partial success	2
Agency said records not held	1

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Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Fort Lee 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.

2025-10-05Awaiting agency response
2025-09-13Awaiting agency response
2025-05-31Awaiting agency response
2025-04-29Awaiting agency response
2025-04-28Awaiting agency response
2025-04-28Awaiting agency response
2025-03-28Awaiting agency response
2024-08-27Awaiting agency response
2024-04-22Requester reported success
2024-04-11Awaiting agency response
2024-04-08Requester reported success
2023-12-10Awaiting 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: “Police Records Request”
2025-10-05 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Arrest statistics CY 2025”
2025-09-13 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Arrest reports of incident case #I-2023-060752”
2025-05-31 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Arrest reports of incident case #I-2023-038592”
2025-04-29 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Arrest reports of incident case #I-2023-006334”
2025-04-28 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “for police report I-2024-051278”
2025-04-28 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Fort Lee Police Department Open Records Request”
2025-03-28 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Arrest reports of incident case I-2024-004382”
2024-08-27 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Arrest reports of incident case #I-2022-058001”
2024-04-22 · Requester reported success
A member of the public requested: “Arrest Reports Of Incident case # I-2019-070150 Date 10/19/2019”
2024-04-11 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Arrest reports of incident case # I-2022-058001”
2024-04-08 · Requester reported success
A member of the public requested: “Bodycam footage of Mohamed Bounaouar shooting incident”
2023-12-10 · 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 Fort Lee 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 Fort Lee 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

What is a summary of Fort Lee Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Fort Lee Police Department, a municipal police agency in Bergen County, logged 54 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 43 officers named in those cases. The rate of 125.6 per 100 officers sat close to the Bergen County median of 125.3 and the statewide municipal median of 125.9. Volume alone says little about conduct: a department near the middle may be typical in its misconduct, or typical in how much of it reaches paper. Of the 54 investigations detailed for 2025, 17 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led the allegation categories, followed by Demeanor and Improper Arrest. One major discipline record appears across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. Fort Lee PD received an A on the report card, at the 2nd percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did Fort Lee Police Department report in 2025?

Fort Lee Police Department reported 54 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 43 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Fort Lee Police Department have?

Fort Lee Police Department has 1 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 0 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How many officers does Fort Lee Police Department have?

Fort Lee Police Department reported 107 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 15% of them female. That is 2.63 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 Fort Lee Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Fort Lee Police Department received 67 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 1997 and 2021, with a total recorded value of $399,862 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Unmanned ground vehicles. 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 Fort Lee Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Fort Lee Police Department under the 1033 program totals $399,862 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $399,862 is in categories this site classes as tactical (67 of 67 line items). These are original-cost figures at the time of transfer, not current or market value.

What does Fort Lee Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 104 active Fort Lee Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $155,884. The median for the 394 TPAF-enrolled staff at FORT LEE BD OF ED is $90,531, a ratio of 1.72x. Against the Bergen County school-staff median the ratio is 1.70x. 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]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2076. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[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/ ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset) and YourMoney Active Pension Members (TPAF subset, names removed). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Both snapshots as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. Figures are computed by this site from as-reported pensionable salaries; the row-by-row account of what entered each figure is published at /data/pay-comparison.json. ↩
[4]Records-request activity for Fort Lee 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. ↩
[5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Fort Lee PD row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[6]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.
[7]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8148. 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 8148. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[9]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8148. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[10]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8148. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[11]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 41. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[12]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1057. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[13]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1570. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[14]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 547. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[15]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2076. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[16]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 Fort Lee PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
[17]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 Fort Lee PD row for 2021. ↩
[18]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 Fort Lee PD row for 2022. ↩
[19]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 Fort Lee PD row for 2023. ↩
[20]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 Fort Lee PD row for 2024. ↩
[21]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 Fort Lee PD row for 2025. ↩
[22]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8148. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[23]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. ↩
[24]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1505. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩