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New Jersey Transit Police

Reported as: New Jersey Transit PoliceState agency

Jurisdiction context

Civil service status not verified

We could not match this agency to the NJCSC roster with confidence. Whether the Title 4A framework applies here is not asserted either way.

See the context on non-civil-service departments.

Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.

In brief

New Jersey Transit Police, a state agency, reported 222 internal affairs investigations in 2025 with 135 officers named in those cases. At 164.4 investigations per 100 officers, the agency ran above the 130.7 median for state agencies, a gap that can reflect more misconduct or more thorough intake of complaints. Of the 222 investigations detailed for 2025, 69 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Demeanor and Excessive Force next.

Six major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025. New Jersey Transit Police received a C on the report card, at the 50th percentile among 10 peers in the group of all state agencies, 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

135^{^[1]}

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

IA investigations, 2025

222^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

156^{^[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

303^{^[4]}

22 years reported

303 sworn officers in 2025, up from 194 in 2003 (+56%).
Year	sworn officers
2003	194
2004	205
2005	206
2006	205
2007	194
2008	198
2009	217
2010	214
2011	230
2012	235
2013	not reported
2014	235
2015	233
2016	234
2017	263
2018	260
2019	260
2020	260
2021	302
2022	298
2023	308
2024	303
2025	303

Civilian employees, 2025

88^{^[5]}

0.29 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

23^{^[6]}

7.6% of sworn officers

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.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

New Jersey Transit Police received seven recorded line items through the federal surplus program, all shipped between 1996 and 2000 and all in the category Guns, through 30mm. Their combined recorded value is $966, measured at original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value, and the category is one this site classes as tactical. These are transfers received a quarter century ago, not a current inventory, and non-controlled items may be disposed of after one year. Receiving surplus equipment is not misconduct, and this federal 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

$966^{^[2]}

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$966^{^[2]}

7 of 7 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

1996-2000^{^[2]}

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 7 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 New Jersey Transit Police, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Guns, through 30mm	966 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 New Jersey Transit Police, grouped tactical vs mundane
Category	Class	Line items	Quantity received	Recorded value (original cost)
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005	Tactical	7	7 items (Each)	$966

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1033 program transfers recorded for New Jersey Transit Police, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
Item	Category	Qty	Recorded valueOriginal DoD cost	Ship date	DEMIL
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2000-03-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2000-03-20	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2000-03-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	2000-03-20	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-08-05 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1999-08-05	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-08-05 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1999-08-05	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1996-07-10 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1996-07-10	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1996-07-10 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1996-07-10	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1996-07-10 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1996-07-10	D

7 of 7 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

No index percentile is shown for this agency: too few similar-size agencies exist to compare against. 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 New Jersey Transit Police, by year
Category	counts
2021	149
2022	132
2023	188
2024	247
2025	222

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Incidents

156 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by New Jersey Transit Police, by year
Year	counts
2021	109
2022	105
2023	136
2024	185
2025	156

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Officers on IA rows

218 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for New Jersey Transit Police, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	242
2025	218

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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 New Jersey Transit Police, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	28.03
2023	29.255
2024	24.696
2025	31.081

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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 218 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by New Jersey Transit Police, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation	49
Demeanor	43
Excessive Force	31
Preventable MV Accident	25
not provided	23
Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency	20
Differential Treatment	16
Improper Arrest	3

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Demeanor · Excessive Force · Preventable MV Accident · Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency · Differential Treatment · Improper Arrest

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by New Jersey Transit Police, 2025
Sustained	69
Unfounded	54
Exonerated	40
not provided	29
Administratively Closed	22
Not Sustained	8

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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

320 of 938

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by New Jersey Transit Police, by year
Year	counts
2021	84
2022	25
2023	41
2024	121
2025	49

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Demeanor

157 of 938

Demeanor allegations reported by New Jersey Transit Police, by year
Year	counts
2021	27
2022	24
2023	34
2024	29
2025	43

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Preventable MV Accident

108 of 938

Preventable MV Accident allegations reported by New Jersey Transit Police, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	23
2023	25
2024	35
2025	25

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Excessive Force

103 of 938

Excessive Force allegations reported by New Jersey Transit Police, by year
Year	counts
2021	12
2022	18
2023	22
2024	20
2025	31

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Other (18 categories)

250 of 938

Other (18 categories) allegations reported by New Jersey Transit Police, by year
Year	counts
2021	26
2022	42
2023	66
2024	42
2025	74

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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)
New Jersey Transit Police	164.4
County median, state agency (0)	not computable
NJ median, state agency (10)	130.7

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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.

222 investigations reported for 2025^[1] ÷ 303 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025^[18] = 73.3 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: 50th percentile of 10 peers
Confidence: High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across New Jersey Transit Police's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.

Peer group: State agency, all state agencies (n=10)

Discipline severity: State agency, all state agencies
Range	Agencies
0–50	5
50–100	4
100–150	0
150–200	1

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New Jersey Transit Police: 9.95 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 25th percentile among State agency, all state agencies (n=10).

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%

75th percentileof 10 peers

154.2 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%

25th percentileof 10 peers

10.0 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%

45th percentileof 10 peers

1.88 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.^[19] 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	164.4	2nd of 10 state agency
IA investigations2025	222	2nd of 10 state agency
IA incidents2025	156	3rd of 10 state agency
Major discipline2020-2025	6	6th of 8 state agency

Major discipline records

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

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

Major discipline records reported by New Jersey Transit Police, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2025	Michael Anthony Insalaco	Police Officer	Suspended 134 days	^[20]
2025	Kevin Lenkowski	Police Officer	Suspended 5 days	^[21]
2024	Joseph Carullo	Police Officer	Suspended 10 days	^[22]
2023	Petra Krajnak	P/O	Suspended 20 days	^[23]
2021	Melvin Webb	Sergeant	Suspended 30 days	^[24]
2021	Kevin O'Brien	Officer	Suspended 8 days	^[25]

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

Public records requests

No records-request history is shown for this department. OPRAmachine, an independent site that files and publishes Open Public Records Act requests, has no public body that confidently matches this department, so this site does not assert one. That does not mean nobody has requested records from it. (Checked against a snapshot of OPRAmachine taken 12 July 2026.) See the methodology for how the match is made.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of New Jersey Transit Police's internal affairs and discipline record?

New Jersey Transit Police, a state agency, reported 222 internal affairs investigations in 2025 with 135 officers named in those cases. At 164.4 investigations per 100 officers, the agency ran above the 130.7 median for state agencies, a gap that can reflect more misconduct or more thorough intake of complaints. Of the 222 investigations detailed for 2025, 69 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Demeanor and Excessive Force next. Six major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025. New Jersey Transit Police received a C on the report card, at the 50th percentile among 10 peers in the group of all state agencies, a high-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did New Jersey Transit Police report in 2025?

New Jersey Transit Police reported 222 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 135 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does New Jersey Transit Police have?

New Jersey Transit Police has 6 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 0 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How many officers does New Jersey Transit Police have?

New Jersey Transit Police reported 303 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 7.6% of them female. 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 New Jersey Transit Police received through the 1033 program?

New Jersey Transit Police received 7 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 1996 and 2000, with a total recorded value of $966 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Guns, through 30mm. 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 New Jersey Transit Police received?

The surplus equipment recorded for New Jersey Transit Police under the 1033 program totals $966 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $966 is in categories this site classes as tactical (7 of 7 line items). These are original-cost figures at the time of transfer, not current or market value.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2496. 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]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every New Jersey Transit Police row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8310. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8310. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[6]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8310. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[7]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 456. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[8]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1477. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[9]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1986. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[10]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 961. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[11]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2496. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[12]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 New Jersey Transit Police row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
[13]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 New Jersey Transit Police row for 2021. ↩
[14]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 New Jersey Transit Police row for 2022. ↩
[15]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 New Jersey Transit Police row for 2023. ↩
[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 New Jersey Transit Police row for 2024. ↩
[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 New Jersey Transit Police row for 2025. ↩
[18]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8310. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[19]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. ↩
[20]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 554. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[21]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 555. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[22]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1289. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[23]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1896. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[24]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2690. 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 2691. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩