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New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Reported as: NJ Division of Fish and WildlifeState 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 Division of Fish and Wildlife, a state agency, named 5 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 5 investigations, a rate of 100 per 100 officers. That is below the 130.7 median for state agencies. A lighter rate can mean less misconduct, or an agency that records fewer of the complaints it takes in. Of the 5 investigations detailed for 2025, 1 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation and Demeanor were the leading allegation categories, with Preventable MV Accident also listed.
No major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, and the absence of records is not a finding. NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife received an A on the report card, at the 5th percentile among 10 peers in the group of all state agencies, 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
5[1]
Distinct officers in that year's IA investigations, not total staffing
IA investigations, 2025
5[1]
Incidents, 2025
4[1]
Major discipline records
0
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
56[2]
15 years reported
| Year | sworn officers |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 0 |
| 1999 | not reported |
| 2000 | not reported |
| 2001 | not reported |
| 2002 | not reported |
| 2003 | not reported |
| 2004 | not reported |
| 2005 | not reported |
| 2006 | not reported |
| 2007 | not reported |
| 2008 | not reported |
| 2009 | 51 |
| 2010 | 49 |
| 2011 | not reported |
| 2012 | 49 |
| 2013 | not reported |
| 2014 | not reported |
| 2015 | 49 |
| 2016 | 46 |
| 2017 | 48 |
| 2018 | 47 |
| 2019 | 45 |
| 2020 | 51 |
| 2021 | 48 |
| 2022 | 52 |
| 2023 | 54 |
| 2024 | 56 |
| 2025 | 56 |
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
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
Complaint mix, 2025
Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Officer-level rows list 5 officers involved.
Most serious allegation
| Other Departmental Rule Violation | 2 |
|---|---|
| Demeanor | 2 |
| Preventable MV Accident | 1 |
Internal disposition
| Unfounded | 3 |
|---|---|
| Sustained | 1 |
| Not Sustained | 1 |
Against peers, 2025
How this grade was built →| New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife | 100.0 |
|---|---|
| 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.
5 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 56 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[11] = 8.9 per 100 FBI-reported sworn officers. This is a genuinely different denominator from the rate above, not a correction of it; the two should not be added or averaged together. See the methodology for why these two officer counts diverge.
Report card
Grade A: Lowest fifth of peers
On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology
- Combined standing
- 5th percentile of 10 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 New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife'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)
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife: 0 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 10th percentile among State agency, all state agencies (n=10).
| Range | Agencies |
|---|---|
| 0–50 | 5 |
| 50–100 | 4 |
| 100–150 | 0 |
| 150–200 | 1 |
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%
102.9 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%
0.0 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%
1.93 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.
Major discipline records
No major discipline records appear for this agency in the 2020-2025 releases. Absence of records is not a finding; see the methodology for what this data does and does not cover.
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 Division of Fish and Wildlife's internal affairs and discipline record?
The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, a state agency, named 5 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 5 investigations, a rate of 100 per 100 officers. That is below the 130.7 median for state agencies. A lighter rate can mean less misconduct, or an agency that records fewer of the complaints it takes in. Of the 5 investigations detailed for 2025, 1 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation and Demeanor were the leading allegation categories, with Preventable MV Accident also listed. No major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, and the absence of records is not a finding. NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife received an A on the report card, at the 5th percentile among 10 peers in the group of all state agencies, a medium-confidence grade.
How many internal affairs investigations did New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife report in 2025?
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife reported 5 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 5 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.
How many major discipline records does New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife have?
No major discipline records appear for New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases. Absence of records is not a finding; discipline is listed only after all appeals conclude.
How many officers does New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife have?
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife reported 56 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 7.1% 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
- [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2499. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8382. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
- [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8382. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
- [4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8382. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
- [5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 459. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [6]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1480. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [7]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1989. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [8]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 964. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [9]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2499. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [10]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 Division of Fish and Wildlife row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
- [11]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8382. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩