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Howell Township Police Department

Reported as: Howell Twp 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.

Radio encryption

Howell Township Police Department encrypts its radio communications (P25 AES-256, all operations), according to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, as of 2026-03-06 (unverified).

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

Howell Township Police Department, a municipal police agency in Monmouth County, logged 28 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 23 officers named in those cases. The rate of 121.7 per 100 officers sits below the Monmouth County median of 125 and the 125.9 municipal median. A department that lands above a median may be handling more misconduct, or may simply be recording more of the complaints it receives. Of the 28 investigations detailed for 2025, 3 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, followed by Improper Arrest and Differential Treatment.

Four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2024 and 2025, including one termination. Howell Township received an F on the report card, at the 90th 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

23[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

28[1]

Incidents, 2025

24[1]

Major discipline records

4

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

97[8]

55 years reported

97 sworn officers in 2025, up from 3 in 1971 (+3133%).
Yearsworn officers
19713
197214
197323
197429
197536
197636
197741
197841
197941
198048
198148
198244
198353
198456
198560
198660
198762
198865
198966
199068
199168
199265
199362
199463
199563
199666
199771
199872
199970
200075
200176
200286
200389
200494
200595
200694
200794
200898
200995
201092
201183
201283
201378
201482
201588
201686
201787
201888
201988
2020114
202193
202293
202393
202498
202597

Civilian employees, 2025

20[9]

0.21 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

4[10]

4.1% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

1.78[11]

Municipal departments only

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

How Howell Township 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
RangeAgencies
0–20084
200–4005
400–6001
600–8001
800–10000
1000–12001

Howell Township Police Department: 97 sworn officers: 54th 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 96 active Howell Township Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$123,820[3]

96 active officers

Median local school staff

$75,326

HOWELL TWP BD OF ED, 687 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.64x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.42x

Median officer to Monmouth 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 "HOWELL TWP 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 Monmouth County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Howell Township Police Department received ten recorded line items of surplus military equipment between 2015 and 2021, with a total recorded value of $1,120,353. That 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 were Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled at $865,000, Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled at $175,151, and Unmanned ground vehicles at $77,060. These are transfers the department received over several years, not 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

$1,120,353[2]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$1,120,353[2]

10 of 10 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

2015-2021[2]

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 12 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 Howell Township Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled865,000 tactical
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled175,151 tactical
Unmanned ground vehicles77,060 tactical
Optical sighting and ranging equipment2,035 tactical
Miscellaneous weapons1,107 tactical

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 Howell Township Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
CategoryClassLine itemsQuantity receivedRecorded value (original cost)
Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeledArmored vehicles (MRAPs) · FSC 2355Tactical11 items (Each)$865,000
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320Tactical33 items (Each)$175,151
Unmanned ground vehiclesEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 2360Tactical11 items (Each)$77,060
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240Tactical46 items (Each)$2,035
Miscellaneous weaponsWeapons · FSC 1095Tactical11 items (Each)$1,107

Every recorded transfer

Equipment class

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1033 program transfers recorded for Howell Township Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
ItemCategoryQtyRecorded valueOriginal DoD cost
FIRING DEVICE,NON-LETHALNSN 1095-01-526-7860Shipped 2021-03-22 · DEMIL DMiscellaneous weapons Tactical1 Each$1,107
UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUNDNSN 2360-01-663-1082Shipped 2021-01-10 · DEMIL QUnmanned ground vehicles Tactical1 Each$77,060
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-371-9584Shipped 2017-05-03 · DEMIL CTrucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical1 Each$62,627
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-128-9552Shipped 2017-02-15 · DEMIL CTrucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical1 Each$49,897
MINE RESISTANT VEHICLENSN 2355-01-602-3357Shipped 2016-08-19 · DEMIL CCombat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled Tactical1 Each$865,000
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-371-9584Shipped 2015-06-10 · DEMIL CTrucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical1 Each$62,627
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-540-3690Shipped 2015-06-04 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical1 Each$340
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2015-06-04 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical1 Each$339
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2015-06-04 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical1 Each$339
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2015-01-08 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical3 Each$1,017

10 of 10 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.

Howell Township Police Department received $11,550 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 93rd 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
RangeAgencies
0–500076
5000–100009
10000–150005
15000–200002

Howell Township Police Department: 11,550 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 93rd 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 Howell Township Police Department, by year
Categorycounts
202115
202217
202322
202432
202528

Incidents

24 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Howell Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
202115
202216
202320
202425
202524

Officers on IA rows

28 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Howell Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
202432
202528
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 Howell Township Police Department, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
20225.882
202336.364
202446.875
202510.714

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 28 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Howell Township Police Department, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation10
Improper Arrest6
Differential Treatment3
Assault2
Excessive Force2
Neglect of Duty1
Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency1
Demeanor1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Improper Arrest · Differential Treatment · Assault · Excessive Force · Neglect of Duty · Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency · Demeanor

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Howell Township Police Department, 2025
Exonerated18
Unfounded5
Sustained3
not provided2

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Other Departmental Rule Violation

30 of 114

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Howell Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20214
20225
20235
20246
202510

Demeanor

20 of 114

Demeanor allegations reported by Howell Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20213
20223
20238
20245
20251

Differential Treatment

19 of 114

Differential Treatment allegations reported by Howell Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20214
20222
20232
20248
20253

Improper Arrest

9 of 114

Improper Arrest allegations reported by Howell Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20222
20230
20241
20256

Other (13 categories)

36 of 114

Other (13 categories) allegations reported by Howell Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20214
20225
20237
202412
20258

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Howell Township Police Department121.7
County median, municipal police (41)125.0
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.

28 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 97 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[23] = 28.9 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
90th percentile of 93 peers
Confidence
High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Howell Township 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
RangeAgencies
0–5066
50–10025
100–1501
150–2001

Howell Township Police Department: 58.824 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 79th 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%

56th percentileof 93 peers

134.4 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%

79th percentileof 93 peers

58.8 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%

81st percentileof 93 peers

2.29 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.[24] How each metric is defined.
This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
MetricValueRank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025121.7256th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations20252883rd of 445 municipal police
IA incidents20252479th of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025458th of 282 municipal police
Terminations2020-2025130th of 111 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30$11,55022nd of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year1.78371st of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-311.42x185th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present1123rd of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

1 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.
Yearmajor discipline records
20200
20210
20220
20232
20241
20251

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

Major discipline records reported by Howell Township Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2025Francesca SchweigerPtl.Suspended 10 days[25]
2024Richard ConteSergeantTerminated[26]
2023Brett KylePatrolmanSuspended 15 days[27]
2023Brett KylePatrolmanSuspended 15 days[28]

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)

Four records in the Fatal Encounters dataset name Howell Township Police Department, in years from 2015 through 2021. The as-recorded level of force is listed as Gunshot in two of them, and as Asphyxiated/Restrained and Vehicle in one record each. Fatal Encounters was an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that logged deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, including pursuits, deaths by suicide in police presence, and medical emergencies. A record is not a finding of fault against the department or any officer. The project stopped collecting in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen at that point.

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 Howell Township 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.

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 Howell Township, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 112 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 461 filed to Howell Township are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

112[5]

Identified by subject line, of 573 filed to Howell Township

Most recent request

July 2026[5]

First recorded November 2017

Awaiting a response

35[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 Howell Township (requests)
Awaiting agency response34
Requester reported partial success32
Requester reported success27
Request refused12
Agency said records not held4
Under internal review2
Awaiting clarification1

Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Howell Township, 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. 2026-07-09Awaiting agency response
  2. 2026-07-01Awaiting agency response
  3. 2026-06-13Awaiting agency response
  4. 2026-06-02Request refused
  5. 2026-06-02Requester reported partial success
  6. 2026-06-02Awaiting agency response
  7. 2026-05-29Request refused
  8. 2026-05-18Request refused
  9. 2026-04-11Awaiting agency response
  10. 2026-04-09Awaiting agency response
  11. 2026-03-04Awaiting agency response
  12. 2026-02-22Agency said records not held
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 Howell Township 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 Howell Township 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 Howell Township Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Howell Township Police Department, a municipal police agency in Monmouth County, logged 28 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 23 officers named in those cases. The rate of 121.7 per 100 officers sits below the Monmouth County median of 125 and the 125.9 municipal median. A department that lands above a median may be handling more misconduct, or may simply be recording more of the complaints it receives. Of the 28 investigations detailed for 2025, 3 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, followed by Improper Arrest and Differential Treatment. Four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2024 and 2025, including one termination. Howell Township received an F on the report card, at the 90th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did Howell Township Police Department report in 2025?

Howell Township Police Department reported 28 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 23 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Howell Township Police Department have?

Howell Township Police Department has 4 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 1 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Howell Township Police Department encrypt its radio communications?

According to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, Howell Township Police Department encrypts all 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 Howell Township Police Department have?

Howell Township Police Department reported 97 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 4.1% of them female. That is 1.78 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 Howell Township Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Howell Township Police Department received 10 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 2015 and 2021, with a total recorded value of $1,120,353 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, 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 Howell Township Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Howell Township Police Department under the 1033 program totals $1,120,353 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $1,120,353 is in categories this site classes as tactical (10 of 10 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 Howell Township Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 4 records naming Howell Township Police Department, from 2015 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 Howell Township Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 96 active Howell Township Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $123,820. The median for the 687 TPAF-enrolled staff at HOWELL TWP BD OF ED is $75,326, a ratio of 1.64x. Against the Monmouth County school-staff median the ratio is 1.42x. 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 2347. 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/ ↩
  3. [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. [4]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/ ↩
  5. [5]Records-request activity for Howell Township. 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. ↩
  6. [6]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Howell Twp PD row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
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