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Ocean City Police Department

Reported as: Ocean City PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Ocean City on the New Jersey Civil Service Commission roster.

Read how the process works or the Title 4A glossary. Browse NJCSNavigator’s civil service jurisdiction directory for the full local-jurisdiction roster.

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

In brief

Ocean City Police Department logged 21 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 19 officers named in those cases. Its rate of 110.5 per 100 officers fell under the Cape May County median of 118 and the 125.9 municipal median statewide. A lower rate can mean less misconduct, or a department that records fewer complaints. Of the 21 investigations detailed for 2025, 4 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, ahead of Excessive Force and Improper Search.

Nine major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, including 2 terminations. Ocean City PD received a D on the report card, at the 78th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

Written by this site strictly from the figures on this page; every number is cited below.

Officers named in IA cases, 2025

19[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

21[1]

Incidents, 2025

19[1]

Major discipline records

9

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

69[8]

65 years reported

69 sworn officers in 2025, up from 34 in 1960 (+103%).
Yearsworn officers
196034
196136
196237
196334
196436
196542
196636
196739
196842
196940
197047
197151
197257
197357
197460
197558
197657
197758
197857
197957
198056
198156
198256
198355
198455
198555
198656
198761
198861
198962
199064
199164
199263
199362
199464
199560
199663
199764
199865
199965
200064
200164
200264
200364
200464
200562
200662
200761
200859
200959
201059
201160
201257
201358
201457
201557
201658
201757
201859
201961
202066
202170
202269
2023not reported
202469
202569

Civilian employees, 2025

9[9]

0.13 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

2[10]

2.9% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

6.15[11]

Municipal departments only

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

How Ocean City 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
RangeAgencies
0–20084
200–4005
400–6001
600–8001
800–10000
1000–12001

Ocean City Police Department: 69 sworn officers: 22nd 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 69 active Ocean City Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$125,699[3]

69 active officers

Median local school staff

$105,690

OCEAN CITY BD OF ED, 217 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.19x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.53x

Median officer to Cape May 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 "OCEAN CITY 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 Cape May County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Ocean City Police Department received six recorded line items between 2018 and 2020, recorded at $160,117 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value, of which $100,617 falls into categories this site classes as tactical. Two entries in Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled account for $99,794, two in Decontaminating and impregnating equipment for $59,500, and one in Armor, personal for $500. What the file describes is equipment received over those years, 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

$160,117[2]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$100,617[2]

4 of 6 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

2018-2020[2]

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 25 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 Ocean City Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled99,794 tactical
Decontaminating and impregnating equipment59,500 mundane
Armor, personal500 tactical
Guns, through 30mm323 tactical

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 Ocean City Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
CategoryClassLine itemsQuantity receivedRecorded value (original cost)
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320Tactical22 items (Each)$99,794
Armor, personalBody armor and shields · FSC 8470Tactical11 items (Each)$500
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005Tactical120 items (Each)$323
Decontaminating and impregnating equipmentDetection and hazmat · FSC 4230Mundane22 items (Each)$59,500

Every recorded transfer

Equipment class

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1033 program transfers recorded for Ocean City Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
ItemCategoryQtyRecorded valueOriginal DoD cost
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-01-561-7200Shipped 2020-03-04 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical20 Each$323
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-128-9552Shipped 2018-09-17 · DEMIL CTrucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical1 Each$49,897
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-128-9552Shipped 2018-09-06 · DEMIL CTrucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical1 Each$49,897
DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMNSN 4230-01-555-0686Shipped 2018-04-25 · DEMIL CDecontaminating and impregnating equipment Mundane1 Each$29,750
VEST,SMALL ARMS PROTECTIVE BODY ARMORNSN 8470-01-550-3157Shipped 2018-04-11 · DEMIL DArmor, personal Tactical1 Each$500
DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMNSN 4230-01-555-0686Shipped 2018-04-11 · DEMIL CDecontaminating and impregnating equipment Mundane1 Each$29,750

6 of 6 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.

Ocean City Police Department received $1,458 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 72nd 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
RangeAgencies
0–500075
5000–100009
10000–150006
15000–200002

Ocean City Police Department: 1,458 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 72nd 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 Ocean City Police Department, by year
Categorycounts
20219
202227
202319
202421
202521

Incidents

19 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Ocean City Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20219
202225
202319
202420
202519

Officers on IA rows

20 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Ocean City Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
202421
202520
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 Ocean City Police Department, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
20227.407
20235.263
202414.286
202519.048

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 20 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Ocean City Police Department, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation8
Excessive Force5
Improper Search3
Demeanor2
Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)1
Differential Treatment1
False Documentation/Falsifying A Report (Non-Criminal)1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Excessive Force · Improper Search · Demeanor · Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) · Differential Treatment · False Documentation/Falsifying A Report (Non-Criminal)

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Ocean City Police Department, 2025
Unfounded10
Exonerated5
Sustained4
Administratively Closed1
not provided1

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Demeanor

28 of 97

Demeanor allegations reported by Ocean City Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20211
202216
20236
20243
20252

Other Departmental Rule Violation

14 of 97

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Ocean City Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20215
20220
20231
20240
20258

not provided

13 of 97

not provided allegations reported by Ocean City Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20224
20234
20245
20250

Excessive Force

11 of 97

Excessive Force allegations reported by Ocean City Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20221
20235
20240
20255

Other (13 categories)

31 of 97

Other (13 categories) allegations reported by Ocean City Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20213
20226
20233
202413
20256

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Ocean City Police Department110.5
County median, municipal police (10)118.0
NJ median, municipal police (445)125.9

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.

21 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 69 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[23] = 30.4 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 D: Second-highest fifth

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing
78th percentile of 93 peers
Confidence
High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Ocean City 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
RangeAgencies
0–5066
50–10025
100–1501
150–2001

Ocean City Police Department: 122.093 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 98th 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%

11th percentileof 93 peers

112.5 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%

98th percentileof 93 peers

122.1 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%

95th percentileof 93 peers

2.52 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
MetricValueRank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025110.5314th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations202521110th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents20251995th of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025927th of 282 municipal police
Terminations2020-2025215th of 111 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30$1,45897th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year6.1531st of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-311.53x126th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present22156th of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

1 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.
Yearmajor discipline records
20201
20210
20221
20233
20243
20251

1 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.

Major discipline records reported by Ocean City Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2025Franklin Gomez JrSLEO 1Separated while IA pending[25]
2024Christian PalzerPatrolmanSeparated while IA pending[26]
2024Thomas MullineauxPatrolmanSeparated while IA pending[27]
2024Timothy PyneSLEO IISeparated while IA pending[28]
2023Jacob HarrisPatrolmanTerminatedSuspended (days not reported)Separated while IA pending[29]
2023Tyrone RollsSergeantTerminatedSuspended (days not reported)[30]
2023Anthony MillevoiPatrolmanSuspended 30 days[31]
2022Thomas StrunkOfficerOther sanction[32]
2020Christopher VivarelliPatrol OfficerSuspended 40 days[33]

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)

One record in the Fatal Encounters dataset names Ocean City Police Department, in 2012. The dataset records the force on it, in its own as-recorded terms, as Gunshot. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that documented deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits, suicides in police presence, and medical emergencies. A record is not a finding of fault, and it is not a discipline record from the Attorney General data shown elsewhere on this page. The project stopped collecting in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen and the absence of later records reflects the end of collection.

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 Ocean City 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.

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 Ocean City, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 22 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 85 filed to Ocean City are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

22[5]

Identified by subject line, of 107 filed to Ocean City

Most recent request

August 2025[5]

First recorded August 2019

Awaiting a response

14[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 Ocean City (requests)
Awaiting agency response14
Requester reported success5
Requester reported partial success2
Agency said records not held1

Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Ocean City, 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.

  1. 2025-08-16Awaiting agency response
  2. 2025-04-29Awaiting agency response
  3. 2025-02-19Awaiting agency response
  4. 2024-10-22Requester reported success
  5. 2024-09-28Requester reported partial success
  6. 2024-08-30Awaiting agency response
  7. 2024-08-27Awaiting agency response
  8. 2024-08-27Awaiting agency response
  9. 2024-08-27Awaiting agency response
  10. 2023-08-31Awaiting agency response
  11. 2023-08-31Awaiting agency response
  12. 2023-06-16Requester reported success
Show what each request asked for, as the requester wrote it

These titles are quoted from OPRAmachine exactly as the requester typed them. They are the requester's words, not this site's, and some describe what the requester believed or suspected. Nothing here has been established as fact.

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 Ocean City 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 Ocean City 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 Ocean City Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Ocean City Police Department logged 21 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 19 officers named in those cases. Its rate of 110.5 per 100 officers fell under the Cape May County median of 118 and the 125.9 municipal median statewide. A lower rate can mean less misconduct, or a department that records fewer complaints. Of the 21 investigations detailed for 2025, 4 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, ahead of Excessive Force and Improper Search. Nine major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, including 2 terminations. Ocean City PD received a D on the report card, at the 78th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

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

Ocean City Police Department reported 21 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 19 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Ocean City Police Department have?

Ocean City Police Department has 9 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 2 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How many officers does Ocean City Police Department have?

Ocean City Police Department reported 69 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 2.9% of them female. That is 6.15 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 Ocean City Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Ocean City Police Department received 6 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 2018 and 2020, with a total recorded value of $160,117 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Trucks and truck tractors, 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 Ocean City Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Ocean City Police Department under the 1033 program totals $160,117 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $100,617 is in categories this site classes as tactical (4 of 6 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 Ocean City Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 1 record naming Ocean City Police Department, from 2012 through 2012. 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 Ocean City Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 69 active Ocean City Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $125,699. The median for the 217 TPAF-enrolled staff at OCEAN CITY BD OF ED is $105,690, a ratio of 1.19x. Against the Cape May County school-staff median the ratio is 1.53x. 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. [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2198. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  2. [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. [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. [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. [5]Records-request activity for Ocean City. 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. [6]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Ocean City PD row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  7. [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. [8]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8273. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
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  20. [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 Ocean City PD row for 2023. ↩
  21. [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 Ocean City PD row for 2024. ↩
  22. [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 Ocean City PD row for 2025. ↩
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