Department profile · Ocean County

Lakewood Police Department

Reported as: Lakewood PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

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

In brief

Lakewood Police Department reported 47 officers named in internal affairs cases in 2025 and 68 investigations, a rate of 144.7 per 100 officers for the Ocean County municipal agency. That rate sits above the Ocean County median of 100 and above the 125.9 statewide municipal median. The gap can reflect a heavier volume of misconduct, or a department that logs complaints others would handle informally. Of the 68 investigations detailed for 2025, 32 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Demeanor and Neglect of Duty next.

Nine major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, including one termination. Lakewood received a C on the report card, at the 55th 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

47^{^[1]}

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

IA investigations, 2025

68^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

51^{^[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

189^{^[7]}

62 years reported

189 sworn officers in 2025, up from 32 in 1962 (+491%).
Year	sworn officers
1962	32
1963	31
1964	29
1965	not reported
1966	35
1967	not reported
1968	44
1969	45
1970	54
1971	54
1972	62
1973	61
1974	81
1975	80
1976	80
1977	81
1978	83
1979	84
1980	85
1981	85
1982	85
1983	86
1984	95
1985	93
1986	102
1987	101
1988	95
1989	95
1990	94
1991	90
1992	97
1993	94
1994	92
1995	100
1996	100
1997	94
1998	104
1999	104
2000	106
2001	112
2002	114
2003	101
2004	107
2005	112
2006	132
2007	131
2008	131
2009	134
2010	128
2011	116
2012	117
2013	120
2014	128
2015	128
2016	121
2017	133
2018	137
2019	149
2020	148
2021	148
2022	155
2023	165
2024	173
2025	189

Civilian employees, 2025

58^{^[8]}

0.31 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

12^{^[9]}

6.3% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

1.31^{^[10]}

Municipal departments only

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

How Lakewood 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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Lakewood Police Department: 189 sworn officers: 90th 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 178 active Lakewood Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$152,479^{^[3]}

178 active officers

Median local school staff

$75,024

LAKEWOOD TWP BD OF ED, 533 TPAF members

Against the local district

2.03x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.90x

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 "LAKEWOOD 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 Ocean County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Lakewood Police Department received 26 recorded line items of surplus military equipment between 2003 and 2018, with a total recorded value of $791,306 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value. All of it falls into categories this site classes as tactical. The largest by recorded value were Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled at $658,000, Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation at $55,800, and Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled at $50,458. These are transfers the department received over fifteen 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

$791,306^{^[2]}

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$791,306^{^[2]}

26 of 26 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

2003-2018^{^[2]}

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 176 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 Lakewood Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled	658,000 tactical
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation	55,800 tactical
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled	50,458 tactical
Optical sighting and ranging equipment	23,366 tactical
Guns, through 30mm	3,682 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 Lakewood Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
Category	Class	Line items	Quantity received	Recorded value (original cost)
Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeledArmored vehicles (MRAPs) · FSC 2355	Tactical	1	1 items (Each)	$658,000
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855	Tactical	1	31 items (Each)	$55,800
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320	Tactical	1	1 items (Each)	$50,458
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240	Tactical	2	66 items (Each)	$23,366
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005	Tactical	21	77 items (Each)	$3,682

Every recorded transfer

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1033 program transfers recorded for Lakewood Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
Item	Category	Qty	Recorded valueOriginal DoD cost	Ship date	DEMIL
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-01-561-7200Shipped 2018-05-23 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	57 Each	$922	2018-05-23	D
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2018-05-23 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	64 Each	$21,696	2018-05-23	Q
MINE RESISTANT VEHICLENSN 2355-01-553-4634Shipped 2016-11-29 · DEMIL C	Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$658,000	2016-11-29	C
ILLUMINATOR,INFRAREDNSN 5855-01-533-0555Shipped 2015-02-23 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	31 Each	$55,800	2015-02-23	D
TELESCOPE,STRAIGHTNSN 1240-01-411-6350Shipped 2012-04-07 · DEMIL D	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	2 Each	$1,670	2012-04-07	D
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-128-9551Shipped 2012-02-23 · DEMIL C	Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$50,458	2012-02-23	C
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2003-04-30 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2003-04-30	D

26 of 26 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.

Lakewood Police Department received $4,187 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 80th 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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Lakewood Police Department: 4,187 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 80th 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 Lakewood Police Department, by year
Category	counts
2021	17
2022	34
2023	55
2024	41
2025	68

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Incidents

51 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Lakewood Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	17
2022	25
2023	41
2024	27
2025	51

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Officers on IA rows

65 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Lakewood Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	41
2025	65

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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 Lakewood Police Department, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	44.118
2023	58.182
2024	21.951
2025	47.059

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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 65 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Lakewood Police Department, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation	23
Demeanor	12
Neglect of Duty	6
Attendance Issues	6
Other Criminal Violation	6
Excessive Force	4
Preventable MV Accident	3
Vehicular Pursuit Policy Violation	2

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Demeanor · Neglect of Duty · Attendance Issues · Other Criminal Violation · Excessive Force · Preventable MV Accident · Vehicular Pursuit Policy Violation

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Lakewood Police Department, 2025
Sustained	30
Unfounded	12
Not Sustained	12
Exonerated	8
not provided	6

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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

58 of 215

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Lakewood Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	13
2022	3
2023	16
2024	3
2025	23

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Demeanor

20 of 215

Demeanor allegations reported by Lakewood Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	1
2022	2
2023	1
2024	4
2025	12

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Differential Treatment

19 of 215

Differential Treatment allegations reported by Lakewood Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	2
2023	1
2024	15
2025	1

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Preventable MV Accident

19 of 215

Preventable MV Accident allegations reported by Lakewood Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	12
2023	4
2024	0
2025	3

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Other (18 categories)

99 of 215

Other (18 categories) allegations reported by Lakewood Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	3
2022	15
2023	33
2024	19
2025	29

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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)
Lakewood Police Department	144.7
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.

68 investigations reported for 2025^[1] ÷ 189 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025^[22] = 36.0 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 C: Middle fifth of peers

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing: 55th percentile of 93 peers
Confidence: High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Lakewood 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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Lakewood Police Department: 59.172 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 81st 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%

24th percentileof 93 peers

122.1 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%

81st percentileof 93 peers

59.2 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%

52nd percentileof 93 peers

2.00 mean severity tier (1 low - 4 critical)

Mean severity tier of IA allegations across 2021-2025, using the published tier map; unknown values excluded.

What this grade can and can't tell you

The underlying data is self-reported by agencies, one yearly snapshot at a time.
Allegations are not findings; many complaints end unfounded, exonerated, or not sustained.
There is no arrest or call-volume denominator in this data, so nothing here is a per-capita misconduct rate. A genuinely independent staffing-based rate, sourced from the FBI rather than this grade's own data, appears above when available. It is a different measurement, not a more accurate version of the grade.
A higher internal affairs volume is ambiguous: it can indicate more misconduct, or a more robust oversight and reporting culture. The grade weighs it anyway, because volume is what the record offers; that choice is published, not hidden.
The grade is one lens. The records it reads are on this page above.

Where this agency ranks

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	144.7	136th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations2025	68	25th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents2025	51	25th of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025	9	27th of 282 municipal police
Terminations2020-2025	1	30th of 111 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30	$4,187	59th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year	1.31	442nd of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-31	1.90x	10th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present	193	2nd of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

3 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.
Year	major discipline records
2020	0
2021	1
2022	0
2023	3
2024	2
2025	3

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

Major discipline records reported by Lakewood Police Department, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2025	Joseph Mandelbaum	Patrolman	Suspended 6 days	^[24]
2025	John Pannone	Patrolman	Suspended 10 days	^[25]
2025	Marc Rodriguez	Patrolman	Suspended 10 days	^[26]
2024	Justin Burkhardt	Officer	Separated while IA pending	^[27]
2024	Joseph Rusk	Officer	Terminated	^[28]
2023	Dawry DeSangles	Officer	Suspended 6 days	^[29]
2023	Louis Vadino III	Officer	Suspended 9 days	^[30]
2023	Dawry DeSangles	Officer	Suspended 6 days	^[31]
2021	Gregory Meyer	Chief	Suspended 6 days	^[32]

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 Lakewood Township, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 193 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 321 filed to Lakewood Township are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

193^{^[4]}

Identified by subject line, of 514 filed to Lakewood Township

Most recent request

July 2026^{^[4]}

First recorded October 2017

Awaiting a response

51^{^[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 Lakewood Township (requests)
Requester reported success	107
Awaiting agency response	47
Request refused	13
Requester reported partial success	9
Agency said records not held	6
Awaiting clarification	4
Withdrawn by requester	3
Under internal review	3
Flagged for attention	1

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Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Lakewood 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.

2026-07-10Awaiting agency response
2026-07-10Awaiting agency response
2026-06-13Awaiting clarification
2026-05-13Awaiting agency response
2026-04-16Request refused
2026-03-29Awaiting agency response
2026-03-03Requester reported partial success
2026-02-14Withdrawn by requester
2026-02-14Request refused
2026-02-10Awaiting agency response
2026-02-04Withdrawn by requester
2026-01-27Requester reported success

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
A member of the public requested: “Officer Titts-460 we are requesting pictures of the accident that happened on april 26, 2026”
2026-07-10 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Police/Incident Reports”
2026-06-13 · Awaiting clarification
A member of the public requested: “Body worn camera”
2026-05-13 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “ID's from enlisted police officers”
2026-04-16 · Request refused
A member of the public requested: “Crash Report”
2026-03-29 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “MVA Crash Report/Call Detail Report & Officer Report (with Narrative)”
2026-03-03 · Requester reported partial success
A member of the public requested: “MVA Crash Report/Call Detail Report & Officer Report (with Narrative)”
2026-02-14 · Withdrawn by requester
A member of the public requested: “Domestic disputes / police dispatch”
2026-02-14 · Request refused
A member of the public requested: “Full body cam footage and footage from the officers car front dash cam”
2026-02-10 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “MVA Crash Report/Call Detail Report & Officer Report (with Narrative)”
2026-02-04 · Withdrawn by requester
A member of the public requested: “Police dispatch logs”
2026-01-27 · Requester reported success

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Questions and answers

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

Lakewood Police Department reported 47 officers named in internal affairs cases in 2025 and 68 investigations, a rate of 144.7 per 100 officers for the Ocean County municipal agency. That rate sits above the Ocean County median of 100 and above the 125.9 statewide municipal median. The gap can reflect a heavier volume of misconduct, or a department that logs complaints others would handle informally. Of the 68 investigations detailed for 2025, 32 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Demeanor and Neglect of Duty next. Nine major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, including one termination. Lakewood received a C on the report card, at the 55th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

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

Lakewood Police Department reported 68 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 47 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Lakewood Police Department have?

Lakewood Police Department has 9 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 1 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How many officers does Lakewood Police Department have?

Lakewood Police Department reported 189 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 6.3% of them female. That is 1.31 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 Lakewood Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Lakewood Police Department received 26 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 2003 and 2018, with a total recorded value of $791,306 (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 Lakewood Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Lakewood Police Department under the 1033 program totals $791,306 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $791,306 is in categories this site classes as tactical (26 of 26 line items). These are original-cost figures at the time of transfer, not current or market value.

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

The median pensionable salary for the 178 active Lakewood Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $152,479. The median for the 533 TPAF-enrolled staff at LAKEWOOD TWP BD OF ED is $75,024, a ratio of 2.03x. Against the Ocean County school-staff median the ratio is 1.90x. 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 2423. 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 Lakewood 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. ↩
[5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Lakewood 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 8518. 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 8518. 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 8518. 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 8518. 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 387. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[12]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1406. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[13]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1912. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[14]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 889. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[15]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2423. 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood 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 Lakewood PD row for 2025. ↩
[22]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8518. 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 497. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[25]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 498. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[26]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 499. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[27]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1229. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[28]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1230. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[29]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1838. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[30]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1839. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[31]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1840. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[32]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2642. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩