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New Jersey Department Of Human Services

Reported as: NJ Department Of Human ServicesState 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

The New Jersey Department Of Human Services, a state agency, named 43 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 62 investigations, a rate of 144.2 per 100 officers against the 130.7 median for state agencies. The higher rate can mean more misconduct, or an agency that documents more of what is reported to it. Of the 62 investigations detailed for 2025, 27 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, ahead of Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Property and Preventable MV Accident.

Seven major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, including one termination. NJ Department Of Human Services 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

43[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

62[1]

Incidents, 2025

57[1]

Major discipline records

7

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

72[3]

23 years reported

72 sworn officers in 2025, down from 82 in 1997 (-12%).
Yearsworn officers
199782
199882
1999not reported
2000not reported
2001not reported
200274
2003103
2004126
2005124
2006132
2007133
2008131
2009123
2010128
2011not reported
201299
2013not reported
2014not reported
201582
201687
201782
201876
201972
202061
202163
202263
202365
202465
202572

Civilian employees, 2025

18[4]

0.25 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

5[5]

6.9% 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)

No 1033 transfers recorded. No surplus-equipment transfers appear for this agency under a high-confidence name match in the Defense Logistics Agency's file as of 2026-06-30. That can mean the agency received nothing through the program, or that a recipient name in the federal file did not confidently match this department. See the methodology for how the match is made, or the statewide 1033 overview for how the program spreads across New Jersey.

Internal affairs investigations by year

counts

Internal affairs investigations reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, by year
Categorycounts
202143
202217
20239
202424
202562

Incidents

57 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, by year
Yearcounts
202143
202215
20239
202424
202557

Officers on IA rows

62 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for New Jersey Department Of Human Services, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
202423
202562
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 Department Of Human Services, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202241.176
202355.556
202479.167
202543.548

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 62 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation49
not provided4
Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert3
Preventable MV Accident3
Insubordination/Disobeying An Order2
Demeanor1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert · Preventable MV Accident · Insubordination/Disobeying An Order · Demeanor

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, 2025
Exonerated27
Sustained27
not provided6
Unfounded2

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Other Departmental Rule Violation

113 of 155

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, by year
Yearcounts
202140
202210
20232
202412
202549

Demeanor

11 of 155

Demeanor allegations reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, by year
Yearcounts
20213
20222
20233
20242
20251

Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert

6 of 155

Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert allegations reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20221
20230
20242
20253

not provided

4 of 155

not provided allegations reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20220
20230
20240
20254

Other (11 categories)

21 of 155

Other (11 categories) allegations reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20224
20234
20248
20255

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 Department Of Human Services144.2
County median, state agency (0)not computable
NJ median, state agency (10)130.7

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.

62 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 72 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[17] = 86.1 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 Department Of Human Services'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
RangeAgencies
0–505
50–1004
100–1500
150–2001

New Jersey Department Of Human Services: 51.724 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 65th 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%

55th percentileof 10 peers

129.8 investigations per 100 officers (multi-year mean)

Internal affairs investigations per 100 reported officers, averaged over the years where the agency reported both figures.

Discipline severityweight 40%

65th percentileof 10 peers

51.7 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%

5th percentileof 10 peers

1.22 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.[18] How each metric is defined.
This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
MetricValueRank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025144.25th of 10 state agency
IA investigations2025625th of 10 state agency
IA incidents2025574th of 10 state agency
Major discipline2020-202575th of 8 state agency
Terminations2020-202514th of 5 state agency

Major discipline records

1 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.
Yearmajor discipline records
20200
20211
20220
20231
20244
20251

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

Major discipline records reported by New Jersey Department Of Human Services, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2025Fernando Ortiz-TorresOfficerTerminatedSuspended 1,812 daysSeparated while IA pending[19]
2024John HarrisOfficerSanctions not reported[20]
2024Tommy HomOfficerSanctions not reported[21]
2024Daved TropperOfficerSeparated while IA pending[22]
2024Dwayne WilcoxSergeantSanctions not reported[23]
2023Jodi SmithOfficerOther sanction[24]
2021John HarrisOfficerSuspended 15 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 Department Of Human Services's internal affairs and discipline record?

The New Jersey Department Of Human Services, a state agency, named 43 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 62 investigations, a rate of 144.2 per 100 officers against the 130.7 median for state agencies. The higher rate can mean more misconduct, or an agency that documents more of what is reported to it. Of the 62 investigations detailed for 2025, 27 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, ahead of Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Property and Preventable MV Accident. Seven major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, including one termination. NJ Department Of Human Services 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 Department Of Human Services report in 2025?

New Jersey Department Of Human Services reported 62 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 43 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does New Jersey Department Of Human Services have?

New Jersey Department Of Human Services has 7 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 New Jersey Department Of Human Services have?

New Jersey Department Of Human Services reported 72 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 6.9% 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.

Sources

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  2. [2]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every NJ Department Of Human Services row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8384. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
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  11. [11]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 NJ Department Of Human Services row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
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  18. [18]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. ↩
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