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Palisades Park Police Department

Reported as: Palisades Park PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Not a civil service jurisdiction

This department is not among the NJCSC Appendix A jurisdictions, so major discipline here follows a different statutory track (generally N.J.S.A. 40A:14 for municipal police), with appeals that usually go to the Superior Court rather than the Civil Service Commission.

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

Palisades Park Police Department named 7 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 10 investigations, a rate of 142.9 per 100 officers. That exceeds the Bergen County median of 125.3 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median, and the excess can be read as more misconduct or as a department that documents complaints more completely. Of the 10 investigations detailed for 2025, 1 reported sustained complaints. Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) and Attendance Issues were the leading allegation categories, with Theft also listed. Allegations are not findings.

Three major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020 and 2024. Palisades Park PD received a D on the report card, at the 70th percentile among 110 peers in the 30-59 officers group, 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

7[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

10[1]

Incidents, 2025

10[1]

Major discipline records

3

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

37[8]

64 years reported

37 sworn officers in 2025, up from 18 in 1960 (+106%).
Yearsworn officers
196018
196119
196219
196320
196421
196521
196624
1967not reported
196826
196925
197027
197126
197227
197327
197429
197529
197630
197730
197831
197931
198030
198130
198230
198331
198427
198531
198631
198730
198831
198930
199030
199130
199228
199328
199424
199532
199631
199726
199826
199929
200031
200130
200228
200330
200433
200533
200631
200731
200831
200930
201028
201128
201231
2013not reported
201429
201531
201632
201735
201834
201934
202039
202140
202238
202345
202437
202537

Civilian employees, 2025

9[9]

0.24 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

2[10]

5.4% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

1.8[11]

Municipal departments only

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

How Palisades Park 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, 30-59 officers (n=111)

Sworn officers: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
RangeAgencies
30–3538
35–4026
40–4516
45–5014
50–5510
55–607

Palisades Park Police Department: 37 sworn officers: 46th percentile among Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=111).

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 39 active Palisades Park Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$97,667[3]

39 active officers

Median local school staff

$78,599

PALISADES PARK BD OF ED, 181 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.24x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.07x

Median officer to Bergen 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 "PALISADES PARK 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 Bergen County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Between 2016 and 2018, Palisades Park Police Department received eight recorded line items, recorded at $224,646 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value and falling entirely in categories this site classes as tactical. Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled accounts for $188,000 of the total, Optical sighting and ranging equipment for $18,740 across four line items, and Surface use explosive ordnance disposal tools for $14,608. The data describes transfers received in 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

$224,646[2]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$224,646[2]

8 of 8 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

2016-2018[2]

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 145 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 Palisades Park Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled188,000 tactical
Optical sighting and ranging equipment18,740 tactical
Surface use explosive ordnance disposal tools14,608 tactical
Individual equipment1,681 tactical
Guns, through 30mm1,617 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 Palisades Park Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
CategoryClassLine itemsQuantity receivedRecorded value (original cost)
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320Tactical11 items (Each)$188,000
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240Tactical427 items (Each)$18,740
Surface use explosive ordnance disposal toolsEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 1385Tactical11 items (Each)$14,608
Individual equipmentBody armor and shields · FSC 8465Tactical116 items (Each)$1,681
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005Tactical1100 items (Each)$1,617

Every recorded transfer

Equipment class

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1033 program transfers recorded for Palisades Park Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
ItemCategoryQtyRecorded valueOriginal DoD cost
SIGHT,WEAPONNSN 1240-01-553-8413Shipped 2018-07-27 · DEMIL DOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical3 Each$2,874
TELESCOPE,STRAIGHTNSN 1240-01-386-2771Shipped 2018-07-20 · DEMIL COptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical4 Each$8,840
SIGHT,HOLOGRAPHICNSN 1240-01-485-0441Shipped 2018-05-02 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical2 Each$906
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-01-561-7200Shipped 2018-05-01 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical100 Each$1,617
EOD ROBOTNSN 1385-DS-ROB-TEODShipped 2017-10-24 · DEMIL DSurface use explosive ordnance disposal tools Tactical1 Each$14,608
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-418-7400Shipped 2017-03-22 · DEMIL CTrucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical1 Each$188,000
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-540-3690Shipped 2016-11-16 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical18 Each$6,120
BODY SHIELDNSN 8465-01-467-0726Shipped 2016-08-15 · DEMIL QIndividual equipment Tactical16 Each$1,681

8 of 8 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.

Palisades Park Police Department received $6,072 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 94th percentile among municipal police agencies of similar size (30-59 officers, n=112).

Peer group: Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=112)

Tactical 1033 value per sworn officer: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
RangeAgencies
0–5000103
5000–100003
10000–150001
15000–200003
20000–250001

Palisades Park Police Department: 6,072 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 94th percentile among Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=112).

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 Palisades Park Police Department, by year
Categorycounts
20216
202221
202329
202420
202510

Incidents

10 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Palisades Park Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20216
202218
202327
202420
202510

Officers on IA rows

9 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Palisades Park Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
202419
20259
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 Palisades Park Police Department, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202228.571
202310.345
202420
202510

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 9 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Palisades Park Police Department, 2025
Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)3
Attendance Issues3
Theft1
Demeanor1
Other Departmental Rule Violation1
Other Criminal Violation1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) · Attendance Issues · Theft · Demeanor · Other Departmental Rule Violation · Other Criminal Violation

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Palisades Park Police Department, 2025
not provided5
Administratively Closed4
Sustained1

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Other Departmental Rule Violation

22 of 86

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Palisades Park Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20212
202210
20235
20244
20251

not provided

18 of 86

not provided allegations reported by Palisades Park Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20220
202318
20240
20250

Demeanor

16 of 86

Demeanor allegations reported by Palisades Park Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20212
20223
20234
20246
20251

Preventable MV Accident

6 of 86

Preventable MV Accident allegations reported by Palisades Park Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20225
20230
20241
20250

Other (11 categories)

24 of 86

Other (11 categories) allegations reported by Palisades Park Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20212
20223
20232
20249
20258

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Palisades Park Police Department142.9
County median, municipal police (60)125.3
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.

10 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 37 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[23] = 27.0 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
70th percentile of 110 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 Palisades Park Police Department's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.

Peer group: Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=110)

Discipline severity: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
RangeAgencies
0–5073
50–10025
100–1504
150–2006
200–2501
250–3001

Palisades Park Police Department: 46.875 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 62nd percentile among Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=110).

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%

74th percentileof 110 peers

135.8 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%

62nd percentileof 110 peers

46.9 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%

29th percentileof 110 peers

1.90 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 officers2025142.9146th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations202510211th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents202510181st of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025387th of 282 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30$6,07243rd of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year1.80366th of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-311.07x349th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present21172nd of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

0 major discipline records in 2025, down from 1 in 2020 (-100%).
Yearmajor discipline records
20201
20210
20220
20230
20242
20250

0 major discipline records in 2025, down from 1 in 2020 (-100%).

Major discipline records reported by Palisades Park Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2024David ChunOfficerSuspended 30 days[25]
2024David ChunOfficerSuspended 10 days[26]
2020Christopher SambognaSergeantSuspended 90 days[27]

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 Palisades Park 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 Palisades Park 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.

  • Rickey L. McFadden

    November 25, 2012 · Leonia · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

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 Palisades Park Borough, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 21 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 82 filed to Palisades Park Borough are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

21[5]

Identified by subject line, of 103 filed to Palisades Park Borough

Most recent request

June 2026[5]

First recorded June 2019

Awaiting a response

15[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 Palisades Park Borough (requests)
Awaiting agency response15
Requester reported partial success2
Requester reported success2
Delivery error1
Agency said records not held1

Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Palisades Park Borough, 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. 2026-06-05Delivery error
  2. 2025-10-05Awaiting agency response
  3. 2025-09-13Awaiting agency response
  4. 2025-07-02Requester reported partial success
  5. 2025-07-02Awaiting agency response
  6. 2025-06-26Awaiting agency response
  7. 2025-06-24Agency said records not held
  8. 2025-06-18Awaiting agency response
  9. 2024-05-30Awaiting agency response
  10. 2024-05-30Awaiting agency response
  11. 2024-01-10Requester reported success
  12. 2023-08-31Awaiting agency response
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 Palisades Park Borough 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 Palisades Park Borough 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 Palisades Park Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Palisades Park Police Department named 7 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 10 investigations, a rate of 142.9 per 100 officers. That exceeds the Bergen County median of 125.3 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median, and the excess can be read as more misconduct or as a department that documents complaints more completely. Of the 10 investigations detailed for 2025, 1 reported sustained complaints. Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) and Attendance Issues were the leading allegation categories, with Theft also listed. Allegations are not findings. Three major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020 and 2024. Palisades Park PD received a D on the report card, at the 70th percentile among 110 peers in the 30-59 officers group, a medium-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did Palisades Park Police Department report in 2025?

Palisades Park Police Department reported 10 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 7 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Palisades Park Police Department have?

Palisades Park Police Department 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.

How many officers does Palisades Park Police Department have?

Palisades Park Police Department reported 37 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 5.4% of them female. That is 1.8 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 Palisades Park Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Palisades Park Police Department received 8 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 2016 and 2018, with a total recorded value of $224,646 (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 Palisades Park Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Palisades Park Police Department under the 1033 program totals $224,646 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $224,646 is in categories this site classes as tactical (8 of 8 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 Palisades Park Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 1 record naming Palisades Park 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 Palisades Park Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 39 active Palisades Park Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $97,667. The median for the 181 TPAF-enrolled staff at PALISADES PARK BD OF ED is $78,599, a ratio of 1.24x. Against the Bergen County school-staff median the ratio is 1.07x. 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 2098. 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 Palisades Park Borough. 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 Palisades Park 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 8174. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
  9. [9]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8174. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
  10. [10]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8174. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
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  12. [12]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 64. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  13. [13]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1082. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  14. [14]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1593. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  15. [15]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 574. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  16. [16]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2098. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  17. [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 Palisades Park PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
  18. [18]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 Palisades Park PD row for 2021. ↩
  19. [19]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 Palisades Park PD row for 2022. ↩
  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 Palisades Park 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 Palisades Park 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 Palisades Park PD row for 2025. ↩
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  24. [24]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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