Department profile · Passaic County

Passaic County Sheriff's Department

Reported as: Passaic Co Sheriffs DeptCounty sheriff

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Passaic County 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.

Radio encryption

Passaic County Sheriff's Department encrypts its radio communications (P25 AES-256, part of its operations (Sheriff Tactical Operations are encrypted)), according to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, as of 2026-04-21 (unverified).

AnalysisThis site treats radio encryption as a meaningful transparency signal. When a department closes its radio traffic to the public, the public loses a real-time window into how it operates. That is context for reading the discipline and internal affairs records on this page, not a figure drawn from them.

In brief

Twenty-four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, spanning every year from 2020 through 2025, and 10 of them were terminations. The department received a D on the report card, at the 76th percentile among 21 peers in its group of all sheriff agencies, 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

30^{^[1]}

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

IA investigations, 2025

33^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

27^{^[1]}

Major discipline records

All years, 2020-2025

Staffing

Staffing data not available. The FBI's national staffing census (LEE) does not separately track county corrections facilities, sheriff's offices, or other county agencies in New Jersey -- only a single statewide Department of Corrections figure exists in that data. See the methodology for what FBI staffing data does and does not cover.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Passaic County Sheriff's Department received 65 recorded line items between 1998 and 2021, a large count attached to a relatively small recorded value of $123,143 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value. Of that, $51,805 falls into categories this site classes as tactical. Most of the line items, 61 of them, are Guns, through 30mm, recorded together at $33,273; the largest categories by value are Lubrication and fuel dispensing equipment at $35,546 and Armament training devices at $29,696. Transfers received over more than two decades are 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

$123,143^{^[2]}

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$51,805^{^[2]}

62 of 65 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

1998-2021^{^[2]}

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 70 items (Each); 6 (Kit). 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 Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Lubrication and fuel dispensing equipment	35,546 mundane
Guns, through 30mm	33,273 tactical
Armament training devices	29,696 mundane
Surface use explosive ordnance disposal tools	18,532 tactical
Sets, kits, and outfits of hand tools	6,096 mundane

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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 Passaic County Sheriff's Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
Category	Class	Line items	Quantity received	Recorded value (original cost)
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005	Tactical	61	61 items (Each)	$33,273
Surface use explosive ordnance disposal toolsEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 1385	Tactical	1	4 items (Each)	$18,532
Lubrication and fuel dispensing equipmentTools and maintenance · FSC 4930	Mundane	1	1 items (Each)	$35,546
Armament training devicesTraining equipment · FSC 6920	Mundane	1	4 items (Each)	$29,696
Sets, kits, and outfits of hand toolsTools and maintenance · FSC 5180	Mundane	1	6 (Kit)	$6,096

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1033 program transfers recorded for Passaic County Sheriff's Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
Item	Category	Qty	Recorded valueOriginal DoD cost	Ship date	DEMIL
SIMULATED,M16A2 RIFLE,5.56MMNSN 6920-01-592-2039Shipped 2021-10-01 · DEMIL C	Armament training devices Mundane	4 Each	$29,696	2021-10-01	C
FUEL DISPENSING UNIT,PRESSURE FEED,PORTABLENSN 4930-01-660-4115Shipped 2021-04-22 · DEMIL Q	Lubrication and fuel dispensing equipment Mundane	1 Each	$35,546	2021-04-22	Q
TOOL KIT,AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCENSN 5180-01-375-6927Shipped 2015-03-31 · DEMIL Q	Sets, kits, and outfits of hand tools Mundane	6 Kit	$6,096	2015-03-31	Q
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$749	2014-11-13	D
TOOL KIT,IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICESNSN 1385-01-482-6168Shipped 2014-10-02 · DEMIL Q	Surface use explosive ordnance disposal tools Tactical	4 Each	$18,532	2014-10-02	Q
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-28 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-28	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-28 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-28	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-28 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-28	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-28 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-28	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-28 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-28	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-28 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-28	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-28 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-28	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-26 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-26	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-26 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-26	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-26 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-26	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-26 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-26	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-26 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-26	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-26 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-26	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-26 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-26	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2005-07-26 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2005-07-26	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 2004-04-15 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	2004-04-15	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-03-16 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1999-03-16	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-03-16 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1999-03-16	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-03-16 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1999-03-16	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-03-16 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1999-03-16	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1998-10-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1998-10-20	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1998-10-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1998-10-20	D

65 of 65 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

No index is computed for this agency: there is no reliable per-officer basis (no high-confidence FBI staffing match to divide by). 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 Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by year
Category	counts
2021	69
2022	79
2023	73
2024	49
2025	33

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Incidents

27 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	58
2022	67
2023	58
2024	41
2025	27

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Officers on IA rows

33 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	49
2025	33

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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 Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	0
2023	16.438
2024	22.449
2025	18.182

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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 33 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Passaic County Sheriff's Department, 2025
Demeanor	9
Other Departmental Rule Violation	8
Excessive Force	4
Improper Entry	4
Improper Supervision/Failure To Supervise	2
Theft	2
Domestic violence (Criminal)	1
Assault	1

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Demeanor · Other Departmental Rule Violation · Excessive Force · Improper Entry · Improper Supervision/Failure To Supervise · Theft · Domestic violence (Criminal) · Assault

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Passaic County Sheriff's Department, 2025
not provided	11
Sustained	7
Unfounded	6
Not Sustained	4
Exonerated	4
Administratively Closed	1

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Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Other Departmental Rule Violation

99 of 303

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	28
2022	32
2023	21
2024	10
2025	8

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Demeanor

62 of 303

Demeanor allegations reported by Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	9
2022	17
2023	14
2024	13
2025	9

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Excessive Force

23 of 303

Excessive Force allegations reported by Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	2
2022	8
2023	6
2024	3
2025	4

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Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)

22 of 303

Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) allegations reported by Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	11
2022	1
2023	6
2024	4
2025	0

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Other (21 categories)

97 of 303

Other (21 categories) allegations reported by Passaic County Sheriff's Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	19
2022	21
2023	26
2024	19
2025	12

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Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →

Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Passaic County Sheriff's Department	110.0
County median, county sheriff (1)	110.0
NJ median, county sheriff (20)	115.2

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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.

Report card

Grade D: Second-highest fifth

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing: 76th percentile of 21 peers
Confidence: High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

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

Peer group: County sheriff, all sheriff agencies (n=21)

Discipline severity: County sheriff, all sheriff agencies
Range	Agencies
0–50	6
50–100	8
100–150	6
150–200	0
200–250	1

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Passaic County Sheriff's Department: 120.996 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 79th percentile among County sheriff, all sheriff agencies (n=21).

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%

36th percentileof 21 peers

108.8 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%

79th percentileof 21 peers

121.0 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%

93rd percentileof 21 peers

2.30 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.^[18] How each metric is defined.

This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
Metric	Value	Rank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025	110.0	14th of 20 county sheriff
IA investigations2025	33	7th of 20 county sheriff
IA incidents2025	27	8th of 20 county sheriff
Major discipline2020-2025	24	2nd of 17 county sheriff
Terminations2020-2025	10	1st of 12 county sheriff
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present	46	3rd of 8 county sheriff

Major discipline records

2 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.
Year	major discipline records
2020	2
2021	6
2022	4
2023	6
2024	4
2025	2

2 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.

Major discipline records reported by Passaic County Sheriff's Department, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2025	Jose Gonzalez	Sergeant	TerminatedSuspended 336 days	^[19]
2025	Donald Vinales	Sergeant	TerminatedSuspended 331 days	^[20]
2024	Lorenzo Bowden	Detective	TerminatedSuspended 203 days	^[21]
2024	Christian Colon	Officer	Terminated	^[22]
2024	Joel Familia	Detective	Suspended 2,205 daysSeparated while IA pending	^[23]
2024	Ferdinand Fernandez	Officer	Suspended 35 days	^[24]
2023	Ryan Rios	CPO	Suspended 10 days	^[25]
2023	Ryan Rios	CPO	Suspended 60 days	^[26]
2023	Brian Weitzman	Sgt.	Separated while IA pending	^[27]
2023	Matthew Baskinger	Officer	Separated while IA pending	^[28]
2023	Mujahed Deeb	Officer	Suspended 1 days	^[29]
2023	Marqus Morel	CPO	Suspended (days not reported)Separated while IA pending	^[30]
2022	Alvia Alvino	Correctional Police Officer	Terminated	^[31]
2022	Jean Aviles-Ramos	Correctional Police Officer	Terminated	^[32]
2022	Kitra Davis	Correctional Police Officer	Terminated	^[33]
2022	George Adamopoulous	Correctional Police Officer	Terminated	^[34]
2021	Todd Amabile	Officer	Terminated	^[35]
2021	Antwan Hinton	Officer	Suspended 30 days	^[36]
2021	Michael D'Amato	Officer	Suspended 30 days	^[37]
2021	Angel Lopez	Officer	Suspended 150 days	^[38]
2021	Richard Camel	Corporal	Suspended 35 days	^[39]
2021	Tristan Rossi	Corporal	Suspended 120 days	^[40]
2020	Kaitlyn Puch	Officer	Suspended 68 days	^[41]
2020	Shayed Islam	Officer	Terminated	^[42]

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 the Passaic County Sheriff's Department, one from 2002 and one from 2020. The as-recorded level of force is listed as Gunshot in both. Fatal Encounters was an independent, crowdsourced journalism project, not a government source, and it documented deaths that occurred during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits, deaths by suicide in police presence, and medical emergencies. A record is not a finding of fault against the agency or any officer. Collection ended in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen at that point.

Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset that documented deaths during police encounters nationwide from 2000 until its collection ended in December 2021.^[3] 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 Passaic County Sheriff's 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.

Christopher Clark
May 23, 2020 · Paterson · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot
Keyshon "Key Pretty" Chitty
October 30, 2002 · Paterson · 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.^[4] 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

46^{^[4]}

Every request filed to this department

Most recent request

June 2026^{^[4]}

First recorded November 2017

Awaiting a response

33^{^[4]}

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 Passaic County Sheriff's Office (requests)
Awaiting agency response	33
Requester reported success	4
Request refused	4
Under internal review	3
Agency said records not held	2

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Recent requests

The 12 most recent requests to Passaic County Sheriff's Office, 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.

2026-06-16Awaiting agency response
2026-06-15Awaiting agency response
2026-04-06Requester reported success
2026-04-05Awaiting agency response
2026-03-05Awaiting agency response
2026-01-28Awaiting agency response
2025-12-23Awaiting agency response
2025-12-23Awaiting agency response
2025-09-15Awaiting agency response
2025-09-10Awaiting agency response
2025-06-28Awaiting agency response
2024-11-20Awaiting 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.

A member of the public requested: “For Case Number: 2024-078683”
2026-06-16 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Body-worn camera footage from [August 3, 2025] at [441 East 21st. Paterson, N.J 07513] case # [25-091357]”
2026-06-15 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Sheriff Sale Records”
2026-04-06 · Requester reported success
A member of the public requested: “Crime statistics from 2024 and 2025”
2026-04-05 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Police arrest report”
2026-03-05 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “cameras pointing front and side street of Sheriff Headquarters 435 Hamburg Turnpike Wayne NJ”
2026-01-28 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “OPRA Request — BWC Only — Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Surrender (Justin Fisher & Ali Gibson) — March 2, 2022”
2025-12-23 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Released Body worn camera footage”
2025-12-23 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “BWC Footage”
2025-09-15 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Axon/Taser International Invoices/ Purchase Orders”
2025-09-10 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Woodland Park Salary/Benefits”
2025-06-28 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “CAD Detail Reports with Officer narratives from 11/08/2024 to 11/15/2024”
2024-11-20 · Awaiting agency response

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 Passaic County Sheriff's Office 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 Passaic County Sheriff's Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Passaic County Sheriff's Department reported 33 internal affairs investigations in 2025, down from 49 the year before, with 30 officers named in those cases. Its rate of 110 per 100 officers matched the county median of 110 and fell below the 115.2 median for sheriff agencies. A rate under the median can mean less misconduct or a narrower record of what gets reported. Of the 33 investigations detailed for 2025, 6 reported sustained complaints. Demeanor led the allegation categories at 9 cases, with Other Departmental Rule Violation at 8 and Excessive Force at 4. Twenty-four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, spanning every year from 2020 through 2025, and 10 of them were terminations. The department received a D on the report card, at the 76th percentile among 21 peers in its group of all sheriff agencies, a high-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did Passaic County Sheriff's Department report in 2025?

Passaic County Sheriff's Department reported 33 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 30 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Passaic County Sheriff's Department have?

Passaic County Sheriff's Department has 24 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 10 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Passaic County Sheriff's Department encrypt its radio communications?

According to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, Passaic County Sheriff's Department encrypts part of its radio communications (P25 AES-256), as recorded on 2026-04-21. This site treats radio encryption as a transparency signal, which is analysis, not a figure from the discipline data.

What military surplus equipment has Passaic County Sheriff's Department received through the 1033 program?

Passaic County Sheriff's Department received 65 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 1998 and 2021, with a total recorded value of $123,143 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Lubrication and fuel dispensing equipment. 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 Passaic County Sheriff's Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Passaic County Sheriff's Department under the 1033 program totals $123,143 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $51,805 is in categories this site classes as tactical (62 of 65 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 Passaic County Sheriff's Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 2 records naming Passaic County Sheriff's Department, from 2002 through 2020. 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]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2452. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[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]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/ ↩
[4]Records-request activity for Passaic County Sheriff's Office. 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. ↩
[5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Passaic Co Sheriffs Dept row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[6]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.
[7]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 413. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[8]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1433. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[9]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1941. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[10]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 916. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[11]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2452. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[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 Passaic Co Sheriffs Dept row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
[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 Passaic Co Sheriffs Dept row for 2021. ↩
[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 Passaic Co Sheriffs Dept row for 2022. ↩
[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 Passaic Co Sheriffs Dept row for 2023. ↩
[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 Passaic Co Sheriffs Dept row for 2024. ↩
[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 Passaic Co Sheriffs Dept row for 2025. ↩
[18]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. ↩
[19]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 505. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[20]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 506. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[21]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1240. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[22]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1241. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[23]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1242. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[24]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1243. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[25]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1851. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[26]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1852. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[27]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1853. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[28]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1854. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[29]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1855. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[30]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1856. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[31]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2282. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[32]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2283. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[33]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2284. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[34]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2285. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
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[37]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2649. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[38]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2650. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
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