How many internal affairs investigations did Ocean County Prosecutors Office report in 2025?

Ocean County Prosecutors Office reported 4 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. It reported 3 sworn officers that year.

How many major discipline records does Ocean County Prosecutors Office have?

Ocean County Prosecutors Office has 3 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 0 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Department profile · Ocean County

Ocean County Prosecutors Office

Reported as: Ocean Co Prosecutors OfficeCounty prosecutor

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.

Sworn officers, 2025

3^{^[1]}

IA investigations, 2025

4^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

4^{^[1]}

Major discipline records

All years, 2020-2025

Internal affairs investigations by year

Internal affairs investigations reported by Ocean County Prosecutors Office, by year
2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
8	5	3	3	4

As reported to the Attorney General.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Complaint mix, 2025

Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Allegations are not findings: of 4 investigations, 3 reported one or more sustained complaints. Officer-level rows list 3 officers involved.^[7]

Most serious allegation

Other Departmental Rule Violation2

Domestic violence (Criminal)1

Other Criminal Violation1

Most serious allegations reported by Ocean Co Prosecutors Office, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation	2
Domestic violence (Criminal)	1
Other Criminal Violation	1

AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Internal disposition

Sustained3

not provided1

Internal dispositions reported by Ocean Co Prosecutors Office, 2025
Sustained	3
not provided	1

Against peers, 2025

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

Internal affairs investigations per 100 officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 sworn officers)
Ocean Co Prosecutors Office	133.3
County median, county prosecutor (1)	133.3
NJ median, county prosecutor (22)	110.9

Investigations per 100 sworn officers, using the officer counts each agency reported for 2025. 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.

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Major discipline records

Major discipline records reported by Ocean County Prosecutors Office, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2023	Melissa Rose	Sergeant	Suspended 8 days	^[8]
2023	Michael Proto	Detective	Suspended 180 days	^[9]
2021	John Steinhauer	Sergeant	Suspended 75 days	^[10]

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

Questions and answers

How many internal affairs investigations did Ocean County Prosecutors Office report in 2025?: Ocean County Prosecutors Office reported 4 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. It reported 3 sworn officers that year.
How many major discipline records does Ocean County Prosecutors Office have?: Ocean County Prosecutors Office has 3 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 0 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2430. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[2]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 393. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[3]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1413. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[4]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1919. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 894. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[6]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2430. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[7]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 Co Prosecutors Office row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
[8]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1844. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[9]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1845. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[10]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2646. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩