Department profile · Ocean County

Manchester Township Police Department

Reported as: Manchester 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

Manchester 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

Two major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021 and 2022, including one termination. Manchester Twp PD received a C on the report card, at the 52nd percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a medium-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

12^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

8^{^[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

76^{^[8]}

57 years reported

76 sworn officers in 2025, up from 8 in 1968 (+850%).
Year	sworn officers
1968	8
1969	11
1970	16
1971	18
1972	20
1973	24
1974	30
1975	28
1976	34
1977	43
1978	46
1979	45
1980	45
1981	46
1982	47
1983	44
1984	49
1985	52
1986	57
1987	63
1988	68
1989	71
1990	67
1991	66
1992	65
1993	64
1994	62
1995	54
1996	56
1997	56
1998	58
1999	61
2000	64
2001	66
2002	64
2003	64
2004	66
2005	67
2006	67
2007	66
2008	68
2009	66
2010	64
2011	62
2012	64
2013	not reported
2014	66
2015	67
2016	68
2017	68
2018	70
2019	73
2020	74
2021	70
2022	72
2023	77
2024	77
2025	76

Civilian employees, 2025

60^{^[9]}

0.79 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

3^{^[10]}

3.9% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

1.63^{^[11]}

Municipal departments only

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

How Manchester 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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Manchester Township Police Department: 76 sworn officers: 30th 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 77 active Manchester Township Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$135,629^{^[3]}

77 active officers

Median local school staff

$77,169

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP BD OF ED, 351 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.76x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.69x

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 "MANCHESTER 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.

Between 2013 and 2022, Manchester Township Police Department received 66 recorded line items through the federal military surplus program. Their total recorded value is $1,068,522 at original Department of Defense acquisition cost, not current or market value, of which $948,099 sits in categories this site classes as tactical. The largest categories by recorded value were Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled at $658,000, Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled at $144,629, and Passenger motor vehicles at $96,466. This is a record of transfers received across those years rather than a current inventory, since non-controlled items may be disposed of after one year. Taking part in the program is not misconduct, and the federal data is separate in origin from the Attorney General discipline records shown elsewhere 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

$1,068,522^{^[2]}

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$948,099^{^[2]}

63 of 66 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

2013-2022^{^[2]}

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 85 items (Each); 50 (Roll); 1 (Kit). 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 Manchester Township Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled	658,000 tactical
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled	144,629 tactical
Passenger motor vehicles	96,466 mundane
Visible and invisible light communication equipment	57,632 tactical
Guns, through 30mm	38,519 tactical
Wallboard, building paper, and thermal insulation materials	23,300 mundane
Weapons systems specific vehicular accessories	14,951 tactical
Cameras, still picture	12,714 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 Manchester Township 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
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320	Tactical	2	2 items (Each)	$144,629
Visible and invisible light communication equipmentEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 5850	Tactical	1	1 (Kit)	$57,632
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005	Tactical	51	60 items (Each)	$38,519
Weapons systems specific vehicular accessoriesVehicle armor · FSC 2541	Tactical	3	5 items (Each)	$14,951
Cameras, still pictureNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 6720	Tactical	2	2 items (Each)	$12,714
Tactical sets, kits, and outfitsWeapons · FSC 1367	Tactical	1	1 items (Each)	$12,538
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855	Tactical	1	8 items (Each)	$7,760
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240	Tactical	1	4 items (Each)	$1,356
Passenger motor vehiclesUtility vehicles and parts · FSC 2310	Mundane	1	1 items (Each)	$96,466
Wallboard, building paper, and thermal insulation materialsTools and maintenance · FSC 5640	Mundane	1	50 (Roll)	$23,300
Weapons maintenance and repair shop equipmentTools and maintenance · FSC 4933	Mundane	1	1 items (Each)	$657

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1033 program transfers recorded for Manchester Township Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
Item	Category	Qty	Recorded valueOriginal DoD cost	Ship date	DEMIL
EOD SEARCH KITNSN 5850-01-559-2664Shipped 2022-02-16 · DEMIL D	Visible and invisible light communication equipment Tactical	1 Kit	$57,632	2022-02-16	D
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2020-10-16 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	4 Each	$1,356	2020-10-16	Q
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-346-9317Shipped 2020-10-01 · DEMIL Q	Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$94,171	2020-10-01	Q
TRUCK,AMBULANCENSN 2310-01-111-2274Shipped 2020-10-01 · DEMIL C	Passenger motor vehicles Mundane	1 Each	$96,466	2020-10-01	C
TAPE,DUCTNSN 5640-01-566-7392Shipped 2018-01-25 · DEMIL F	Wallboard, building paper, and thermal insulation materials Mundane	50 Roll	$23,300	2018-01-25	F
ILLUMINATOR,INTEGRATED,SMALL ARMSNSN 5855-01-534-5931Shipped 2018-01-03 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	8 Each	$7,760	2018-01-03	D
TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH CAMERANSN 6720-01-554-5366Shipped 2017-12-04 · DEMIL Q	Cameras, still picture Tactical	1 Each	$6,357	2017-12-04	Q
TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH CAMERANSN 6720-01-554-5366Shipped 2017-12-04 · DEMIL Q	Cameras, still picture Tactical	1 Each	$6,357	2017-12-04	Q
BIPOD,FOLDINGNSN 1005-01-472-3902Shipped 2017-04-04 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	10 Each	$1,069	2017-04-04	D
BORE LIGHT SYSTEM,LASERNSN 4933-01-394-7781Shipped 2017-04-04 · DEMIL Q	Weapons maintenance and repair shop equipment Mundane	1 Each	$657	2017-04-04	Q
ARMOR,TRANSPARENT,VEHICULAR WINDOWNSN 2541-01-555-4876Shipped 2017-03-21 · DEMIL D	Weapons systems specific vehicular accessories Tactical	1 Each	$3,671	2017-03-21	D
ARMOR,TRANSPARENT,VEHICULAR WINDOWNSN 2541-01-555-4874Shipped 2017-03-21 · DEMIL D	Weapons systems specific vehicular accessories Tactical	2 Each	$5,819	2017-03-21	D
ARMOR,TRANSPARENT,VEHICULAR WINDOWNSN 2541-01-555-4873Shipped 2017-03-21 · DEMIL D	Weapons systems specific vehicular accessories Tactical	2 Each	$5,461	2017-03-21	D
CAPABILITIES SET,NON-LETHALNSN 1367-01-561-5277Shipped 2017-02-15 · DEMIL Q	Tactical sets, kits, and outfits Tactical	1 Each	$12,538	2017-02-15	Q
MINE RESISTANT VEHICLENSN 2355-01-553-4634Shipped 2016-10-25 · DEMIL C	Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$658,000	2016-10-25	C
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
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 2013-11-27 · DEMIL C	Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$50,458	2013-11-27	C

66 of 66 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.

Manchester Township Police Department received $12,475 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 96th 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	9
10000–15000	5
15000–20000	2

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Manchester Township Police Department: 12,475 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 96th 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 Manchester Township Police Department, by year
Category	counts
2021	11
2022	9
2023	13
2024	1
2025	12

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Incidents

8 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Manchester Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	11
2022	7
2023	7
2024	1
2025	8

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Officers on IA rows

12 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Manchester Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	1
2025	12

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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 Manchester Township Police Department, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	22.222
2023	15.385
2024	0
2025	8.333

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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 12 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Manchester Township Police Department, 2025
Excessive Force	4
Demeanor	3
Differential Treatment	1
Improper Arrest	1
Theft	1
Insubordination/Disobeying An Order	1
Other Departmental Rule Violation	1

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Excessive Force · Demeanor · Differential Treatment · Improper Arrest · Theft · Insubordination/Disobeying An Order · Other Departmental Rule Violation

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Manchester Township Police Department, 2025
not provided	5
Unfounded	3
Exonerated	2
Sustained	1
Not Sustained	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

18 of 46

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Manchester Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	4
2022	0
2023	13
2024	0
2025	1

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Improper Arrest

7 of 46

Improper Arrest allegations reported by Manchester Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	1
2022	5
2023	0
2024	0
2025	1

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Demeanor

6 of 46

Demeanor allegations reported by Manchester Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	2
2022	1
2023	0
2024	0
2025	3

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Excessive Force

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Excessive Force allegations reported by Manchester Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	0
2023	0
2024	0
2025	4

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Other (6 categories)

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Other (6 categories) allegations reported by Manchester Township Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	4
2022	3
2023	0
2024	1
2025	3

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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)
Manchester Township Police Department	120.0
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.

12 investigations reported for 2025^[1] ÷ 76 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025^[23] = 15.8 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: 52nd percentile of 93 peers
Confidence: Medium confidence

small agency; per-officer rates swing widely on a handful of cases

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Manchester 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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Manchester Township Police Department: 71.429 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 90th 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%

6th percentileof 93 peers

108.5 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%

90th percentileof 93 peers

71.4 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%

69th percentileof 93 peers

2.15 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	120.0	260th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations2025	12	188th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents2025	8	211th of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025	2	127th of 282 municipal police
Terminations2020-2025	1	30th of 111 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30	$12,475	16th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year	1.63	414th of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-31	1.69x	51st of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present	91	11th of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

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

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.

Major discipline records reported by Manchester Township Police Department, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2022	John Decker	Patrolmen	Suspended 96 days	^[25]
2021	Matthew Juralewicz	Patrol Officer	Terminated	^[26]

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 Manchester Township Police Department, spanning 2010 through 2016. The force labels, as recorded by the project, are Gunshot in three, and Vehicle in one. 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 Manchester 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.

Limichael Shine
July 31, 2016 · Manchester Township · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot
Keith Atkinson Jr.
November 9, 2014 · Manchester · Highest level of force as recorded: Vehicle
Michael Sender
November 20, 2011 · Toms River · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot
Richard A. Nordstrom
May 30, 2010 · Manchester · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

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 Manchester Township, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 91 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 308 filed to Manchester Township are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

91^{^[5]}

Identified by subject line, of 399 filed to Manchester Township

Most recent request

May 2026^{^[5]}

First recorded October 2017

Awaiting a response

29^{^[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 Manchester Township (requests)
Requester reported success	36
Awaiting agency response	28
Requester reported partial success	8
Request refused	7
Withdrawn by requester	4
Agency said records not held	3
Under internal review	2
Flagged for attention	2
Awaiting clarification	1

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Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Manchester 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.

2026-05-28Awaiting agency response
2026-05-21Awaiting agency response
2026-04-23Awaiting agency response
2026-04-21Awaiting agency response
2026-04-20Awaiting clarification
2026-01-04Agency said records not held
2025-11-10Awaiting agency response
2025-11-09Request refused
2025-10-17Awaiting agency response
2025-10-09Awaiting agency response
2025-05-28Awaiting agency response
2025-04-18Request refused

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 Unity Tour expenditures”
2026-05-28 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Overtime allowed for Police Unity Tour”
2026-05-21 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “BWC Request M26-10061”
2026-04-23 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “John Robert Ziobro - DOB 08/11/1977 - arrest 4/19/26”
2026-04-21 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Body camera footage of John ziobro arrest”
2026-04-20 · Awaiting clarification
A member of the public requested: “Information on arrest of Thomas Altieri”
2026-01-04 · Agency said records not held
A member of the public requested: “Body Cam Christopher Lyle”
2025-11-10 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Request of BWC Ptl. Schandall 11/8/2025”
2025-11-09 · Request refused
A member of the public requested: “All body cam and dash cam footage of Officer Brendan Brush #0429, 9/30/2025”
2025-10-17 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Police OPRA Request”
2025-10-09 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “As a Board Member of Cedar Glen Lakes we need two police reports for a file”
2025-05-28 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Police Report- Troy Swift- April 7, 2019”
2025-04-18 · Request refused

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 Manchester 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 Manchester 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 Manchester Township Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Manchester Township Police Department, a municipal police agency in Ocean County, had 10 officers named in internal affairs cases in 2025 and 12 investigations. The rate of 120 per 100 officers is above the Ocean County median of 100 and below the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Comparisons like that run in two directions: a higher county figure can mean more misconduct or a more complete complaint record. Of the 12 investigations detailed for 2025, 1 reported sustained complaints. Excessive Force led the allegation categories, with Demeanor and Differential Treatment also listed. Allegations are not findings. Two major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021 and 2022, including one termination. Manchester Twp PD received a C on the report card, at the 52nd percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a medium-confidence grade.

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

Manchester Township Police Department reported 12 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 Manchester Township Police Department have?

Manchester Township Police Department has 2 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 1 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Manchester Township Police Department encrypt its radio communications?

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

Manchester Township Police Department reported 76 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 3.9% of them female. That is 1.63 sworn officers per 1,000 residents. This is a different measurement from the "officers named in IA cases" figure elsewhere on this page, which counts distinct officers in that year's internal affairs investigations, not total staffing.

What military surplus equipment has Manchester Township Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Manchester Township Police Department received 66 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 2013 and 2022, with a total recorded value of $1,068,522 (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 Manchester Township Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Manchester Township Police Department under the 1033 program totals $1,068,522 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $948,099 is in categories this site classes as tactical (63 of 66 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 Manchester Township Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 4 records naming Manchester Township Police Department, from 2010 through 2016. 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 Manchester Township Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 77 active Manchester Township Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $135,629. The median for the 351 TPAF-enrolled staff at MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP BD OF ED is $77,169, a ratio of 1.76x. Against the Ocean County school-staff median the ratio is 1.69x. 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 2427. 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 Manchester 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]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Manchester 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 8522. 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 8522. 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 8522. 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 8522. 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 391. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[13]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1410. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[14]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1916. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[15]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 892. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[16]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2427. 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 Manchester 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 Manchester 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 Manchester 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 Manchester 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 Manchester 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 Manchester Twp PD row for 2025. ↩
[23]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8522. 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 2276. 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 2643. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩