Department profile · Ocean County

Jackson Township Police Department

Reported as: Jackson Twp PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

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

Radio encryption

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

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

Jackson Township Police Department, a municipal police agency in Ocean County, reported 10 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 10 officers named in those cases. The rate of 100 per 100 officers matches the Ocean County median of 100 and sits below the 125.9 municipal median. Comparisons to a median cut both ways, since a higher figure can indicate more misconduct or a department that documents more of its complaints. Of the 10 investigations detailed for 2025, 2 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency and Differential Treatment next.

One major discipline record appears across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2025, and it was a termination. Jackson Township received an A on the report card, at the 3rd 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

10^{^[1]}

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

IA investigations, 2025

10^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

10^{^[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

109^{^[8]}

58 years reported

109 sworn officers in 2025, up from 21 in 1968 (+419%).
Year	sworn officers
1968	21
1969	23
1970	25
1971	26
1972	28
1973	32
1974	34
1975	41
1976	48
1977	51
1978	54
1979	54
1980	54
1981	50
1982	49
1983	49
1984	50
1985	52
1986	50
1987	51
1988	51
1989	53
1990	53
1991	55
1992	55
1993	54
1994	54
1995	62
1996	59
1997	65
1998	58
1999	67
2000	74
2001	75
2002	78
2003	83
2004	85
2005	84
2006	96
2007	89
2008	89
2009	84
2010	80
2011	72
2012	78
2013	80
2014	79
2015	79
2016	87
2017	88
2018	90
2019	96
2020	90
2021	106
2022	106
2023	110
2024	109
2025	109

Civilian employees, 2025

24^{^[9]}

0.22 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

5^{^[10]}

4.6% 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 Jackson 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
Range	Agencies
0–200	84
200–400	5
400–600	1
600–800	1
800–1000	0
1000–1200	1

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Jackson Township Police Department: 109 sworn officers: 62nd 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 100 active Jackson Township Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$153,006^{^[3]}

100 active officers

Median local school staff

$86,068

JACKSON TOWNSHIP BD OF ED, 676 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.78x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.91x

Median officer to Ocean 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 "JACKSON TOWNSHIP 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 Ocean County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Jackson Township Police Department received 62 recorded line items of surplus military equipment between 2003 and 2023, with a total recorded value of $651,562 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value. Categories this site classes as tactical account for $545,911 of that. The largest categories by recorded value were Unmanned ground vehicles at $459,794, Passenger motor vehicles at $96,466, and Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled at $50,458. These are transfers received across two decades, 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

$651,562^{^[2]}

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$545,911^{^[2]}

60 of 62 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

2003-2023^{^[2]}

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 86 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 Jackson Township Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Unmanned ground vehicles	459,794 tactical
Passenger motor vehicles	96,466 mundane
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled	50,458 tactical
Guns, through 30mm	34,881 tactical
Clothing, special purpose	9,185 mundane
Optical sighting and ranging equipment	778 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 Jackson Township 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)	$459,794
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320	Tactical	1	1 items (Each)	$50,458
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005	Tactical	54	78 items (Each)	$34,881
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240	Tactical	3	3 items (Each)	$778
Passenger motor vehiclesUtility vehicles and parts · FSC 2310	Mundane	1	1 items (Each)	$96,466
Clothing, special purposeClothing and gear · FSC 8415	Mundane	1	1 items (Each)	$9,185

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1033 program transfers recorded for Jackson Township Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
Item	Category	Qty	Recorded valueOriginal DoD cost	Ship date	DEMIL
TRUCK,AMBULANCENSN 2310-01-111-2274Shipped 2023-08-11 · DEMIL C	Passenger motor vehicles Mundane	1 Each	$96,466	2023-08-11	C
UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUNDNSN 2360-01-534-9826Shipped 2023-07-05 · DEMIL Q	Unmanned ground vehicles Tactical	1 Each	$229,897	2023-07-05	Q
UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUNDNSN 2360-01-534-9826Shipped 2023-07-05 · DEMIL Q	Unmanned ground vehicles Tactical	1 Each	$229,897	2023-07-05	Q
RANGE FINDER,LASERNSN 1240-01-617-4930Shipped 2022-12-21 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$100	2022-12-21	Q
TRAINING KIT,MARTIAL ARTSNSN 8415-01-566-4542Shipped 2022-10-27 · DEMIL Q	Clothing, special purpose Mundane	1 Each	$9,185	2022-10-27	Q
HANDLE,GUN CARRYINGNSN 1005-01-465-0401Shipped 2017-04-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	25 Each	$2,961	2017-04-20	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
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-128-9551Shipped 2014-01-24 · DEMIL C	Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$50,458	2014-01-24	C
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2012-03-29 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$339	2012-03-29	Q
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2012-03-29 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$339	2012-03-29	Q
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-23	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-23	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-23	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-23	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-22 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-22	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-22 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-22	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-22 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-22	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-22 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-22	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-22 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-22	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-22 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-22	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-22 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-22	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-11-22 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-11-22	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2004-08-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2004-08-23	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2004-08-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2004-08-23	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2004-08-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2004-08-23	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2004-08-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2004-08-23	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2004-08-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2004-08-23	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2004-08-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2004-08-23	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2004-08-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2004-08-23	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2003-09-03 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2003-09-03	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2003-09-03 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2003-09-03	D

62 of 62 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.

Jackson Township Police Department received $5,008 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 82nd 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	76
5000–10000	8
10000–15000	6
15000–20000	2

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Jackson Township Police Department: 5,008 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 82nd 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 Jackson Township Police Department, by year
Category	counts
2021	24
2022	37
2023	74
2024	46
2025	10

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Incidents

10 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Jackson Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	24
2022	24
2023	49
2024	28
2025	10

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Officers on IA rows

10 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Jackson Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	46
2025	10

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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 Jackson Township Police Department, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	5.405
2023	33.784
2024	30.435
2025	20

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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 10 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Jackson Township Police Department, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation	6
Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency	2
Differential Treatment	1
Vehicular Pursuit Policy Violation	1

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency · Differential Treatment · Vehicular Pursuit Policy Violation

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Jackson Township Police Department, 2025
Sustained	3
not provided	3
Unfounded	3
Exonerated	1

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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

72 of 191

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Jackson Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	17
2022	9
2023	27
2024	13
2025	6

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Demeanor

19 of 191

Demeanor allegations reported by Jackson Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	1
2022	0
2023	5
2024	13
2025	0

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Excessive Force

18 of 191

Excessive Force allegations reported by Jackson Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	4
2022	6
2023	7
2024	1
2025	0

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Insubordination/Disobeying An Order

15 of 191

Insubordination/Disobeying An Order allegations reported by Jackson Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	0
2023	7
2024	8
2025	0

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Other (15 categories)

67 of 191

Other (15 categories) allegations reported by Jackson Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	2
2022	22
2023	28
2024	11
2025	4

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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)
Jackson Township Police Department	100.0
County median, municipal police (29)	100.0
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.

10 investigations reported for 2025^[1] ÷ 109 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025^[23] = 9.2 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 A: Lowest fifth of peers

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing: 3rd percentile of 93 peers
Confidence: High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Jackson 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
Range	Agencies
0–50	66
50–100	25
100–150	1
150–200	1

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Jackson Township Police Department: 12.5 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 17th 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%

12th percentileof 93 peers

112.8 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%

17th percentileof 93 peers

12.5 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%

50th percentileof 93 peers

1.99 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
Metric	Value	Rank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025	100.0	322nd of 445 municipal police
IA investigations2025	10	211th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents2025	10	181st of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025	1	184th of 282 municipal police
Terminations2020-2025	1	30th of 111 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30	$5,008	53rd of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year	1.78	371st of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-31	1.91x	9th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present	1	458th of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

1 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.
Year	major discipline records
2020	0
2021	0
2022	0
2023	0
2024	0
2025	1

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

Major discipline records reported by Jackson Township Police Department, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2025	Michael Kelly	Seargent	Terminated	^[25]

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)

Three records in the Fatal Encounters dataset name Jackson Township Police Department, spanning 2004 through 2018. The force labels, as recorded by the project, are Vehicle in three of them. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that documented deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits, deaths in police presence, and medical emergencies. A record is not a finding of fault against the agency or any officer, and it is not connected to the Attorney General discipline records elsewhere on this page. The project stopped collecting in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen and nothing after that date appears here.

Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset that documented deaths during police encounters nationwide from 2000 until its collection ended in December 2021.^[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 Jackson 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.

Anthony Griffin
July 5, 2018 · Jackson · Highest level of force as recorded: Vehicle
Eric Larson
July 5, 2018 · Jackson · Highest level of force as recorded: Vehicle
Jessica Martinez
November 8, 2004 · Jackson · Highest level of force as recorded: Vehicle

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.

Police-related requests

1^{^[5]}

Every request filed to this department

Most recent request

July 2026^{^[5]}

First recorded July 2026

Awaiting a response

1^{^[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 records requests to Jackson Township Police Department (requests)
Awaiting agency response	1

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Recent requests

The most recent request to Jackson Township Police Department, by date and recorded status. Each was written by a member of the public. A request is a question somebody asked. It is not a finding, not an allegation this site makes, and not evidence that anything happened.

2026-07-10Awaiting 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 Salaries, Contract, Longevity, Take Home Cares, Overtime, Organizational Chart”
2026-07-10 · Awaiting agency response

File your own records request

Anyone can request records from this department 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 Jackson Township Police Department 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 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 Jackson Township Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Jackson Township Police Department, a municipal police agency in Ocean County, reported 10 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 10 officers named in those cases. The rate of 100 per 100 officers matches the Ocean County median of 100 and sits below the 125.9 municipal median. Comparisons to a median cut both ways, since a higher figure can indicate more misconduct or a department that documents more of its complaints. Of the 10 investigations detailed for 2025, 2 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency and Differential Treatment next. One major discipline record appears across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2025, and it was a termination. Jackson Township received an A on the report card, at the 3rd percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

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

Jackson Township Police Department reported 10 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 10 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

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

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

Does Jackson Township Police Department encrypt its radio communications?

According to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, Jackson 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 Jackson Township Police Department have?

Jackson Township Police Department reported 109 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 4.6% 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 Jackson Township Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Jackson Township Police Department received 62 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 2003 and 2023, with a total recorded value of $651,562 (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 Jackson Township Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Jackson Township Police Department under the 1033 program totals $651,562 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $545,911 is in categories this site classes as tactical (60 of 62 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 Jackson Township Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 3 records naming Jackson Township Police Department, from 2004 through 2018. Fatal Encounters is a crowdsourced journalism project, not a government source, and it documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind. Each record links to a page showing it exactly as the project recorded it.

What does Jackson Township Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 100 active Jackson Township Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $153,006. The median for the 676 TPAF-enrolled staff at JACKSON TOWNSHIP BD OF ED is $86,068, a ratio of 1.78x. Against the Ocean County school-staff median the ratio is 1.91x. 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 2420. 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]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]Records-request activity for Jackson Township Police Department. 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]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Jackson Twp PD row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[7]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.
[8]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8515. 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 8515. 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 8515. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[11]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8515. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[12]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 384. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[13]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1403. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[14]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1909. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[15]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 886. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[16]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2420. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[17]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 Jackson Twp PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
[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 Jackson Twp PD row for 2021. ↩
[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 Jackson Twp PD row for 2022. ↩
[20]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 Jackson Twp PD row for 2023. ↩
[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 Jackson Twp PD row for 2024. ↩
[22]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 Jackson Twp PD row for 2025. ↩
[23]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8515. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[24]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. ↩
[25]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 496. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩