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Paramus Police Department

Reported as: Paramus 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

Paramus Police Department, the municipal force in Bergen County, reported 8 officers named in internal affairs cases in 2025 across 10 investigations. That works out to 125 investigations per 100 officers, close to the Bergen County median of 125.3 and just under the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Rates like these can track the volume of misconduct or the thoroughness of a department's own record-keeping. Of the 10 investigations detailed for 2025, 3 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Demeanor and Excessive Force behind it.

Two major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021 and 2024. Paramus PD received an A on the report card, at the 19th 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

8[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

10[1]

Incidents, 2025

9[1]

Major discipline records

2

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

102[8]

65 years reported

102 sworn officers in 2025, up from 48 in 1960 (+113%).
Yearsworn officers
196048
196147
196254
196356
196461
196561
196665
196772
196873
196976
197079
197180
197281
197382
197485
197587
197686
197788
197891
197990
198091
198190
198288
198386
198486
198596
198691
198798
198897
198999
199097
199193
199292
199389
199490
199586
199686
199786
199890
199992
200093
200196
200292
200398
200498
200592
200691
200793
200893
200992
201085
201176
201278
2013not reported
201482
201583
201687
201786
201891
201991
2020101
202199
202295
2023101
2024101
2025102

Civilian employees, 2025

22[9]

0.22 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

5[10]

4.9% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

3.81[11]

Municipal departments only

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

How Paramus 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

Paramus Police Department: 102 sworn officers: 57th 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 97 active Paramus Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$170,962[3]

97 active officers

Median local school staff

$89,414

PARAMUS BD OF ED, 428 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.91x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.87x

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 "PARAMUS 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.

The transfers recorded for Paramus Police Department span a long period, from 1997 to 2026, across 23 recorded line items. The recorded value is $899,151 at original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value, with $898,494 of it in categories this site classes as tactical. The largest categories by value are Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled at $658,000, Unmanned ground vehicles at $120,000, and Surface use explosive ordnance disposal tools at $77,000. Equipment received across nearly three decades is not the same as a current inventory: non-controlled items may be disposed of after one year. Receiving surplus equipment through the program is not misconduct, and this federal data is separate in origin from the Attorney General discipline records.

Surplus military equipment transferred to this agency under the Defense Department's 1033 program, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency.

Total recorded value

$899,151[2]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$898,494[2]

22 of 23 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

1997-2026[2]

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 52 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 Paramus Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled658,000 tactical
Unmanned ground vehicles120,000 tactical
Surface use explosive ordnance disposal tools77,000 tactical
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation18,546 tactical
Optical sighting and ranging equipment14,942 tactical
Weapons systems specific vehicular accessories5,514 tactical
Guns, through 30mm4,492 tactical
Weapons maintenance and repair shop equipment657 mundane

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 Paramus Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
CategoryClassLine itemsQuantity receivedRecorded value (original cost)
Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeledArmored vehicles (MRAPs) · FSC 2355Tactical11 items (Each)$658,000
Unmanned ground vehiclesEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 2360Tactical11 items (Each)$120,000
Surface use explosive ordnance disposal toolsEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 1385Tactical11 items (Each)$77,000
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855Tactical44 items (Each)$18,546
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240Tactical433 items (Each)$14,942
Weapons systems specific vehicular accessoriesVehicle armor · FSC 2541Tactical33 items (Each)$5,514
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005Tactical88 items (Each)$4,492
Weapons maintenance and repair shop equipmentTools and maintenance · FSC 4933Mundane11 items (Each)$657

Every recorded transfer

Equipment class

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1033 program transfers recorded for Paramus Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
ItemCategoryQtyRecorded valueOriginal DoD cost
PACKBOT 510 WITH FASTAC REMOTELY CONTROLLED VEHICLENSN 1385-01-593-6219Shipped 2026-01-22 · DEMIL QSurface use explosive ordnance disposal tools Tactical1 Each$77,000
UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUNDNSN 2360-01-554-8159Shipped 2021-02-04 · DEMIL QUnmanned ground vehicles Tactical1 Each$120,000
ARMOR,TRANSPARENT,VEHICULAR WINDOWNSN 2541-01-555-4880Shipped 2016-09-19 · DEMIL DWeapons systems specific vehicular accessories Tactical1 Each$1,838
ARMOR,TRANSPARENT,VEHICULAR WINDOWNSN 2541-01-555-4880Shipped 2016-09-19 · DEMIL DWeapons systems specific vehicular accessories Tactical1 Each$1,838
ARMOR,TRANSPARENT,VEHICULAR WINDOWNSN 2541-01-555-4880Shipped 2016-09-19 · DEMIL DWeapons systems specific vehicular accessories Tactical1 Each$1,838
MINE RESISTANT VEHICLENSN 2355-01-553-4634Shipped 2016-06-29 · DEMIL CCombat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled Tactical1 Each$658,000
BORE LIGHT SYSTEM,LASERNSN 4933-01-394-7781Shipped 2016-02-17 · DEMIL QWeapons maintenance and repair shop equipment Mundane1 Each$657
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2015-02-12 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical3 Each$1,017
TELESCOPE,NON-INVERTING INFRAREDNSN 5855-01-490-5375Shipped 2014-11-14 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$5,643
TELESCOPE,NON-INVERTING INFRAREDNSN 5855-01-490-5375Shipped 2014-11-14 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$5,643
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
TELESCOPE,NON-INVERTING INFRAREDNSN 5855-01-490-5376Shipped 2014-11-10 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$3,630
TELESCOPE,NON-INVERTING INFRAREDNSN 5855-01-490-5376Shipped 2014-11-10 · DEMIL FNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$3,630
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-540-3690Shipped 2014-08-20 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical5 Each$1,700
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-576-6134Shipped 2014-08-08 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical15 Each$8,835
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2014-07-22 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical10 Each$3,390
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$499
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$499
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$499
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$499
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$499
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1997-04-21 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$499

23 of 23 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.

Paramus Police Department received $8,809 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 90th 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
0–500076
5000–100008
10000–150006
15000–200002

Paramus Police Department: 8,809 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 90th 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 Paramus Police Department, by year
Categorycounts
202118
202235
20235
202416
202510

Incidents

9 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Paramus Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
202117
202217
20234
202412
20259

Officers on IA rows

10 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Paramus Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
202416
202510
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 Paramus Police Department, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202231.429
202320
202431.25
202530

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 10 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Paramus Police Department, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation6
Demeanor2
Excessive Force1
Differential Treatment1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Demeanor · Excessive Force · Differential Treatment

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Paramus Police Department, 2025
Not Sustained3
Unfounded3
Sustained3
Exonerated1

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Excessive Force

22 of 84

Excessive Force allegations reported by Paramus Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20211
202210
20233
20247
20251

Other Departmental Rule Violation

21 of 84

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Paramus Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20217
20223
20230
20245
20256

Demeanor

13 of 84

Demeanor allegations reported by Paramus Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20215
20222
20232
20242
20252

Vehicular Pursuit Policy Violation

12 of 84

Vehicular Pursuit Policy Violation allegations reported by Paramus Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
202212
20230
20240
20250

Other (8 categories)

16 of 84

Other (8 categories) allegations reported by Paramus Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20215
20228
20230
20242
20251

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Paramus Police Department125.0
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] ÷ 102 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[23] = 9.8 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
19th percentile of 93 peers
Confidence
High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Paramus 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

Paramus Police Department: 25.641 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 38th 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%

7th percentileof 93 peers

109.1 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%

38th percentileof 93 peers

25.6 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%

96th percentileof 93 peers

2.55 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 officers2025125.0226th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations202510211th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents20259199th of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-20252127th of 282 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30$8,80930th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year3.8169th of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-311.87x13th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present3559th of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.
Yearmajor discipline records
20200
20211
20220
20230
20241
20250

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.

Major discipline records reported by Paramus Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2024Steve NepolaSergeantSeparated while IA pending[25]
2021David BetancourtOfficerSuspended 60 days[26]

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)

Two records in the Fatal Encounters dataset name Paramus Police Department, spanning 2011 through 2014. The force labels, as recorded by the project, are Gunshot in two of them. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that documented deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits, deaths in police presence, and medical emergencies. A record is not a finding of fault against the agency or any officer, and it is not connected to the Attorney General discipline records elsewhere on this page. The project stopped collecting in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen and nothing after that date appears here.

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 Paramus 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.

  • Miguel Reyes

    October 8, 2014 · Bergen · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

  • Michael Sean Carmody

    February 9, 2011 · Paramus · 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.

Police-related requests

35[5]

Every request filed to this department

Most recent request

June 2026[5]

First recorded June 2018

Awaiting a response

17[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 records requests to Paramus Borough Police Department (requests)
Awaiting agency response16
Requester reported success7
Requester reported partial success3
Request refused2
Agency said records not held2
Delivery error2
Under internal review1
Flagged for attention1
Awaiting clarification1

Recent requests

The 12 most recent requests to Paramus Borough Police Department, 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. 2026-06-11Requester reported partial success
  2. 2026-05-26Requester reported success
  3. 2026-05-13Requester reported success
  4. 2026-04-04Awaiting agency response
  5. 2026-03-31Requester reported success
  6. 2026-03-13Under internal review
  7. 2025-10-29Requester reported partial success
  8. 2025-10-05Request refused
  9. 2025-09-13Awaiting agency response
  10. 2025-08-13Agency said records not held
  11. 2025-08-11Requester reported success
  12. 2025-08-11Awaiting 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 department 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 Paramus Borough Police Department 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 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 Paramus Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Paramus Police Department, the municipal force in Bergen County, reported 8 officers named in internal affairs cases in 2025 across 10 investigations. That works out to 125 investigations per 100 officers, close to the Bergen County median of 125.3 and just under the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Rates like these can track the volume of misconduct or the thoroughness of a department's own record-keeping. Of the 10 investigations detailed for 2025, 3 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Demeanor and Excessive Force behind it. Two major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021 and 2024. Paramus PD received an A on the report card, at the 19th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

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

Paramus Police Department reported 10 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 8 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Paramus Police Department have?

Paramus Police Department has 2 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 Paramus Police Department have?

Paramus Police Department reported 102 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 4.9% of them female. That is 3.81 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 Paramus Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Paramus Police Department received 23 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 1997 and 2026, with a total recorded value of $899,151 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, 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 Paramus Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Paramus Police Department under the 1033 program totals $899,151 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $898,494 is in categories this site classes as tactical (22 of 23 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 Paramus Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 2 records naming Paramus Police Department, from 2011 through 2014. 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 Paramus Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 97 active Paramus Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $170,962. The median for the 428 TPAF-enrolled staff at PARAMUS BD OF ED is $89,414, a ratio of 1.91x. Against the Bergen County school-staff median the ratio is 1.87x. 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 2099. 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/ ↩
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