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Park Police

Reported as: Park PoliceState agency

Jurisdiction context

Civil service status not verified

We could not match this agency to the NJCSC roster with confidence. Whether the Title 4A framework applies here is not asserted either way.

See the context on non-civil-service departments.

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

In brief

Park Police is a state agency, and the Attorney General groups it with state and other agencies rather than with a county. In 2025 it had 9 officers named in internal affairs cases and 9 investigations, a rate of 100 per 100 officers, below the 130.7 median for state agencies. A county median was not reported for the agency. A rate under the type median may mean less misconduct, or it may mean fewer complaints reach the written record. Of the 10 investigations detailed for 2025, 2 reported sustained complaints. Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency, Preventable MV Accident and Use Of Force Policy Violation were the leading allegation categories, each with 2 cases.

Four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021 and 2023. Park Police received a D on the report card, at the 70th percentile among 10 peers in the group of all state agencies, a medium-confidence grade.

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

Officers named in IA cases, 2025

9[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

9[1]

Incidents, 2025

9[1]

Major discipline records

4

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

81[4]

16 years reported

81 sworn officers in 2025, up from 59 in 1977 (+37%).
Yearsworn officers
197759
197859
1979not reported
1980not reported
1981not reported
1982not reported
1983not reported
1984not reported
1985not reported
1986not reported
1987not reported
1988not reported
1989not reported
1990not reported
1991not reported
1992not reported
1993not reported
1994not reported
1995not reported
1996not reported
1997not reported
199859
1999not reported
2000not reported
2001not reported
2002not reported
2003not reported
2004not reported
2005not reported
2006not reported
2007not reported
2008not reported
200982
201078
2011not reported
201284
2013not reported
2014not reported
2015not reported
201691
201791
201890
201990
202081
202179
202280
202378
202481
202581

Civilian employees, 2025

1[5]

0.01 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

13[6]

16% of sworn officers

The match between this FBI record and this department is this site's inference, not a certified mapping. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

No 1033 transfers recorded. No surplus-equipment transfers appear for this agency under a high-confidence name match in the Defense Logistics Agency's file as of 2026-06-30. That can mean the agency received nothing through the program, or that a recipient name in the federal file did not confidently match this department. See the methodology for how the match is made, or the statewide 1033 overview for how the program spreads across New Jersey.

Internal affairs investigations by year

counts

Internal affairs investigations reported by Park Police, by year
Categorycounts
20217
202219
202310
202411
20259

Incidents

9 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Park Police, by year
Yearcounts
20217
202219
202310
202411
20259

Officers on IA rows

10 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Park Police, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
202411
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 Park Police, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202210.526
202320
202427.273
202520

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 Park Police, 2025
Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency2
Preventable MV Accident2
Use Of Force Policy Violation2
Other Departmental Rule Violation1
Domestic violence (Criminal)1
Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)1
Other Criminal Violation1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency · Preventable MV Accident · Use Of Force Policy Violation · Other Departmental Rule Violation · Domestic violence (Criminal) · Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) · Other Criminal Violation

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Park Police, 2025
not provided4
Sustained2
Exonerated2
Not Sustained1
Administratively Closed1

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

not provided

13 of 57

not provided allegations reported by Park Police, by year
Yearcounts
20210
202213
20230
20240
20250

Other Departmental Rule Violation

12 of 57

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Park Police, by year
Yearcounts
20214
20223
20232
20242
20251

Preventable MV Accident

7 of 57

Preventable MV Accident allegations reported by Park Police, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20220
20232
20243
20252

Use Of Force Policy Violation

7 of 57

Use Of Force Policy Violation allegations reported by Park Police, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20220
20230
20245
20252

Other (9 categories)

18 of 57

Other (9 categories) allegations reported by Park Police, by year
Yearcounts
20213
20223
20236
20241
20255

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Park Police100.0
County median, state agency (0)not computable
NJ median, state agency (10)130.7

Investigations per 100 officers named in that year's IA investigations (the Attorney General's own "Number of Officers" field, a distinct-officer count drawn from the IA case data itself, not a department headcount). A higher number is ambiguous on its own: it can reflect more misconduct, or a stronger internal reporting culture. Medians are computed within the same agency type only.

AnalysisA second, independent rate using FBI-reported staffing instead.

9 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 81 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[18] = 11.1 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 10 peers
Confidence
Medium confidence
  • small agency; per-officer rates swing widely on a handful of cases

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Park Police's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.

Peer group: State agency, all state agencies (n=10)

Discipline severity: State agency, all state agencies
RangeAgencies
0–505
50–1004
100–1500
150–2001

Park Police: 80 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 85th percentile among State agency, all state agencies (n=10).

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%

35th percentileof 10 peers

110.5 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%

85th percentileof 10 peers

80.0 severity-weighted discipline per 100 officers, 2020-2025

Major discipline records weighted by sanction (termination 4, demotion 3, suspension 2, other 1) per 100 officers.

Allegation severityweight 20%

65th percentileof 10 peers

1.95 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.[19] How each metric is defined.
This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
MetricValueRank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025100.08th of 10 state agency
IA investigations202598th of 10 state agency
IA incidents202598th of 10 state agency
Major discipline2020-202547th of 8 state agency

Major discipline records

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.
Yearmajor discipline records
20200
20211
20220
20233
20240
20250

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.

Major discipline records reported by Park Police, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2023Karl MottSgtSuspended 6 days[20]
2023Patrick KellyOfcSuspended (days not reported)[21]
2023Michael LaverOfcSuspended 180 days[22]
2021Christopher SmithOfficerSuspended 180 days[23]

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 Park Police, from 2006. The as-recorded force label on that record is Gunshot. Fatal Encounters was an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that documented deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits, medical emergencies, and suicides in police presence. A record is not a finding of fault against the agency or any officer, and it is separate from the Attorney General discipline data reported elsewhere on this site. Collection ended in December 2021, so the dataset stops there.

Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset that documented deaths during police encounters nationwide from 2000 until its collection ended in December 2021.[2] 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 Park Policeis 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.

  • Emil A. Mann

    April 1, 2006 · Mahwah · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

Public records requests

No records-request history is shown for this department. OPRAmachine, an independent site that files and publishes Open Public Records Act requests, has no public body that confidently matches this department, so this site does not assert one. That does not mean nobody has requested records from it. (Checked against a snapshot of OPRAmachine taken 12 July 2026.) See the methodology for how the match is made.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Park Police's internal affairs and discipline record?

Park Police is a state agency, and the Attorney General groups it with state and other agencies rather than with a county. In 2025 it had 9 officers named in internal affairs cases and 9 investigations, a rate of 100 per 100 officers, below the 130.7 median for state agencies. A county median was not reported for the agency. A rate under the type median may mean less misconduct, or it may mean fewer complaints reach the written record. Of the 10 investigations detailed for 2025, 2 reported sustained complaints. Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency, Preventable MV Accident and Use Of Force Policy Violation were the leading allegation categories, each with 2 cases. Four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021 and 2023. Park Police received a D on the report card, at the 70th percentile among 10 peers in the group of all state agencies, a medium-confidence grade.

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

Park Police reported 9 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 9 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Park Police have?

Park Police has 4 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 Park Police have?

Park Police reported 81 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 16% of them female. This is a different measurement from the "officers named in IA cases" figure elsewhere on this page, which counts distinct officers in that year's internal affairs investigations, not total staffing.

How many deaths during police encounters are recorded for Park Police?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 1 record naming Park Police, from 2006 through 2006. 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.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2501. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  2. [2]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/ ↩
  3. [3]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Park Police row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  4. [4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8640. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
  5. [5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8640. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
  6. [6]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8640. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
  7. [7]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 461. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  8. [8]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1482. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  9. [9]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1991. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  10. [10]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 966. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  11. [11]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2501. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  12. [12]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 Park Police row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
  13. [13]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 Park Police row for 2021. ↩
  14. [14]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 Park Police row for 2022. ↩
  15. [15]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 Park Police row for 2023. ↩
  16. [16]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 Park Police row for 2024. ↩
  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 Park Police row for 2025. ↩
  18. [18]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8640. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
  19. [19]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. ↩
  20. [20]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1965. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  21. [21]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1966. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  22. [22]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1967. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  23. [23]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2759. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩