Department profile · Middlesex County

Perth Amboy Police Department

Reported as: Perth Amboy PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Perth Amboy 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

Perth Amboy Police Department encrypts its radio communications (P25 AES-256, all operations), according to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, as of 2026-03-06 (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

Perth Amboy Police Department named 27 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 29 investigations. Its rate of 107.4 per 100 officers came in under the Middlesex County median of 125 and the 125.9 municipal median. A rate below the median is not by itself proof of a cleaner department, because it can also mean fewer complaints make it into the record. Of the 29 investigations detailed for 2025, 4 reported sustained complaints. Demeanor was the leading allegation category, followed by Neglect of Duty and Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation. Allegations are not findings.

One major discipline record appears across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. Perth Amboy received an A on the report card, at the 12th 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

27^{^[1]}

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

IA investigations, 2025

29^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

29^{^[1]}

Major discipline records

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

129^{^[8]}

65 years reported

129 sworn officers in 2025, up from 90 in 1960 (+43%).
Year	sworn officers
1960	90
1961	83
1962	82
1963	93
1964	91
1965	95
1966	94
1967	97
1968	96
1969	97
1970	99
1971	101
1972	100
1973	97
1974	104
1975	108
1976	101
1977	95
1978	110
1979	111
1980	108
1981	89
1982	96
1983	102
1984	98
1985	95
1986	105
1987	105
1988	120
1989	117
1990	113
1991	114
1992	117
1993	120
1994	119
1995	117
1996	118
1997	117
1998	119
1999	113
2000	123
2001	125
2002	124
2003	132
2004	123
2005	131
2006	125
2007	124
2008	119
2009	115
2010	100
2011	109
2012	111
2013	not reported
2014	117
2015	110
2016	119
2017	134
2018	132
2019	119
2020	122
2021	127
2022	126
2023	123
2024	130
2025	129

Civilian employees, 2025

15^{^[9]}

0.12 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

17^{^[10]}

13.2% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

2.25^{^[11]}

Municipal departments only

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

How Perth Amboy 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
Range	Agencies
0–200	84
200–400	5
400–600	1
600–800	1
800–1000	0
1000–1200	1

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Perth Amboy Police Department: 129 sworn officers: 69th 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 117 active Perth Amboy Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$112,394^{^[3]}

117 active officers

Median local school staff

$95,103

PERTH AMBOY BD OF ED, 904 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.18x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.27x

Median officer to Middlesex 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 "PERTH AMBOY 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 Middlesex County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Perth Amboy Police Department received 49 recorded line items across a long window, from 1995 to 2018. Their recorded value is $1,984,780 at original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value, of which $1,587,817 falls into categories this site classes as tactical. The largest categories by value were Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled at $658,000, Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation at $340,963, and Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled at $240,641. Transfers received over that period are not a current inventory, and 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 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

$1,984,780^{^[2]}

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$1,587,817^{^[2]}

27 of 49 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

1995-2018^{^[2]}

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 111 items (Each); 9 (Kit); 6 (Box). 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 Perth Amboy Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled	658,000 tactical
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation	340,963 tactical
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled	240,641 tactical
Miscellaneous communication equipment	173,560 mundane
Miscellaneous alarm, signal, and security detection systems	159,715 tactical
Unmanned ground vehicles	139,503 tactical
Radio and television communication equipment, except airborne	70,250 mundane
ADPE system configuration	68,343 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 Perth Amboy Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
Category	Class	Line items	Quantity received	Recorded value (original cost)
Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeledArmored vehicles (MRAPs) · FSC 2355	Tactical	1	1 items (Each)	$658,000
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855	Tactical	3	3 items (Each)	$340,963
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320	Tactical	2	2 items (Each)	$240,641
Miscellaneous alarm, signal, and security detection systemsNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 6350	Tactical	1	1 items (Each)	$159,715
Unmanned ground vehiclesEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 2360	Tactical	1	1 items (Each)	$139,503
Cameras, still pictureNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 6720	Tactical	2	5 items (Each)	$39,403
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005	Tactical	17	17 items (Each)	$9,592
Miscellaneous communication equipmentCommunications and electronics · FSC 5895	Mundane	5	13 items (Each); 9 (Kit)	$173,560
Radio and television communication equipment, except airborneCommunications and electronics · FSC 5820	Mundane	4	14 items (Each)	$70,250
ADPE system configurationComputers and office · FSC 7010	Mundane	3	17 items (Each)	$68,343
ADP central processing unit, digitalComputers and office · FSC 7021	Mundane	1	8 items (Each)	$50,520
ADP support equipmentComputers and office · FSC 7035	Mundane	4	4 items (Each)	$18,264
Electrical and electronic properties measuring and testing instrumentsCommunications and electronics · FSC 6625	Mundane	1	1 items (Each)	$7,300
Wallboard, building paper, and thermal insulation materialsTools and maintenance · FSC 5640	Mundane	1	6 (Box)	$5,238
Power conversion equipment, electricalPower and lighting · FSC 6130	Mundane	1	1 items (Each)	$1,552
Gas turbines and jet engines and componentsUtility vehicles and parts · FSC 2840	Mundane	1	1 items (Each)	$1,386
Miscellaneous electric power and distribution equipmentPower and lighting · FSC 6150	Mundane	1	22 items (Each)	$550

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1033 program transfers recorded for Perth Amboy Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
Item	Category	Qty	Recorded valueOriginal DoD cost	Ship date	DEMIL
TAPE,DUCTNSN 5640-01-566-7387Shipped 2018-08-24 · DEMIL F	Wallboard, building paper, and thermal insulation materials Mundane	6 Box	$5,238	2018-08-24	F
MINE RESISTANT VEHICLENSN 2355-01-553-4634Shipped 2016-12-12 · DEMIL C	Combat, assault, and tactical vehicles, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$658,000	2016-12-12	C
UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUNDNSN 2360-01-478-3714Shipped 2016-10-17 · DEMIL C	Unmanned ground vehicles Tactical	1 Each	$139,503	2016-10-17	C
COMPUTER SYSTEM,DIGITALNSN 7010-01-565-3857Shipped 2016-04-21 · DEMIL D	ADPE system configuration Mundane	1 Each	$5,457	2016-04-21	D
PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM,GROUNDNSN 5855-01-601-0548Shipped 2016-03-10 · DEMIL C	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$325,973	2016-03-10	C
POWER SUPPLYNSN 6130-01-546-5554Shipped 2016-03-04 · DEMIL Q	Power conversion equipment, electrical Mundane	1 Each	$1,552	2016-03-04	Q
COMPUTER,DIGITALNSN 7021-01-592-8324Shipped 2016-02-05 · DEMIL C	ADP central processing unit, digital Mundane	8 Each	$50,520	2016-02-05	C
COMPUTER SYSTEM,DIGITALNSN 7010-01-585-7823Shipped 2016-02-05 · DEMIL D	ADPE system configuration Mundane	8 Each	$31,443	2016-02-05	D
SENSOR UNIT,ANTI-INTRUSION,MOBILENSN 6350-01-616-8743Shipped 2015-12-10 · DEMIL D	Miscellaneous alarm, signal, and security detection systems Tactical	1 Each	$159,715	2015-12-10	D
ADAPTER,PUMP,FUEL TRANSFERNSN 2840-00-107-9097Shipped 2015-10-29 · DEMIL Q	Gas turbines and jet engines and components Mundane	1 Each	$1,386	2015-10-29	Q
SERVER,AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSINGNSN 7035-01-551-5523Shipped 2015-10-05 · DEMIL Q	ADP support equipment Mundane	1 Each	$4,566	2015-10-05	Q
SERVER,AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSINGNSN 7035-01-551-5523Shipped 2015-10-05 · DEMIL Q	ADP support equipment Mundane	1 Each	$4,566	2015-10-05	Q
SERVER,AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSINGNSN 7035-01-551-5523Shipped 2015-10-05 · DEMIL Q	ADP support equipment Mundane	1 Each	$4,566	2015-10-05	Q
SERVER,AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSINGNSN 7035-01-551-5523Shipped 2015-10-05 · DEMIL Q	ADP support equipment Mundane	1 Each	$4,566	2015-10-05	Q
CAMERA SYSTEMNSN 6720-01-561-2260Shipped 2015-09-10 · DEMIL D	Cameras, still picture Tactical	3 Each	$23,642	2015-09-10	D
CAMERA SYSTEMNSN 6720-01-561-2260Shipped 2015-09-10 · DEMIL D	Cameras, still picture Tactical	2 Each	$15,761	2015-09-10	D
RADIO SETNSN 5820-01-545-3439Shipped 2015-07-16 · DEMIL Q	Radio and television communication equipment, except airborne Mundane	1 Each	$841	2015-07-16	Q
RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER,RADIONSN 5820-01-600-9530Shipped 2015-07-16 · DEMIL D	Radio and television communication equipment, except airborne Mundane	5 Each	$27,085	2015-07-16	D
RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER,RADIONSN 5820-01-600-9530Shipped 2015-07-16 · DEMIL D	Radio and television communication equipment, except airborne Mundane	7 Each	$37,919	2015-07-16	D
PINTLE,MOUNTNSN 1005-00-945-9756Shipped 2015-07-16 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$52	2015-07-16	D
MISC ELECTRIC POWER AND DISTRIBUTIONNSN 6150-DS-EEP-WRMSShipped 2015-06-18 · DEMIL Q	Miscellaneous electric power and distribution equipment Mundane	22 Each	$550	2015-06-18	Q
TEST SET,RADIONSN 6625-01-144-4481Shipped 2015-04-02 · DEMIL C	Electrical and electronic properties measuring and testing instruments Mundane	1 Each	$7,300	2015-04-02	C
KEYBOARD,DATA ENTRYNSN 5895-01-526-9847Shipped 2015-04-02 · DEMIL Q	Miscellaneous communication equipment Mundane	12 Each	$3,608	2015-04-02	Q
COMPUTER SYSTEM,DIGITALNSN 7010-01-585-7823Shipped 2015-03-13 · DEMIL D	ADPE system configuration Mundane	8 Each	$31,443	2015-03-13	D
REPEATER,RADIONSN 5820-01-348-8129Shipped 2015-03-10 · DEMIL D	Radio and television communication equipment, except airborne Mundane	1 Each	$4,405	2015-03-10	D
VIEWER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-535-7127Shipped 2015-02-09 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$9,990	2015-02-09	D
GOGGLES,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-147-0705Shipped 2015-02-09 · DEMIL F	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$5,000	2015-02-09	F
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
DEPLOYMENT KIT,RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONNSN 5895-01-559-3076Shipped 2014-11-03 · DEMIL F	Miscellaneous communication equipment Mundane	2 Kit	$37,816	2014-11-03	F
COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEMNSN 5895-01-559-3078Shipped 2014-10-03 · DEMIL F	Miscellaneous communication equipment Mundane	4 Kit	$21,580	2014-10-03	F
COMMUNICATION SUBSYSTEMNSN 5895-01-559-3078Shipped 2014-10-03 · DEMIL F	Miscellaneous communication equipment Mundane	3 Kit	$16,185	2014-10-03	F
COMMAND SYSTEM,TACTICALNSN 5895-01-379-1486Shipped 2014-09-15 · DEMIL C	Miscellaneous communication equipment Mundane	1 Each	$94,371	2014-09-15	C
SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLENSN 2320-01-571-2446Shipped 2014-09-04 · DEMIL C	Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$190,744	2014-09-04	C
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-128-9552Shipped 2014-08-19 · DEMIL C	Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$49,897	2014-08-19	C
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1995-01-05 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1995-01-05	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1995-01-05 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1995-01-05	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1995-01-05 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1995-01-05	D
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1995-01-05 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$138	1995-01-05	D

49 of 49 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.

Perth Amboy Police Department received $12,309 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 95th 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
Range	Agencies
0–5000	76
5000–10000	9
10000–15000	5
15000–20000	2

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Perth Amboy Police Department: 12,309 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 95th 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 Perth Amboy Police Department, by year
Category	counts
2021	48
2022	51
2023	47
2024	52
2025	29

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Incidents

29 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Perth Amboy Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	48
2022	34
2023	42
2024	52
2025	29

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Officers on IA rows

29 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Perth Amboy Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	52
2025	29

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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 Perth Amboy Police Department, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	15.686
2023	8.511
2024	19.231
2025	13.793

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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 29 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Perth Amboy Police Department, 2025
Demeanor	13
Neglect of Duty	4
Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation	3
Harassment/Stalking	3
not provided	2
Other Departmental Rule Violation	2
Excessive Force	1
Improper Search	1

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Demeanor · Neglect of Duty · Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation · Harassment/Stalking · Other Departmental Rule Violation · Excessive Force · Improper Search

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Perth Amboy Police Department, 2025
Exonerated	17
Unfounded	4
Not Sustained	4
Sustained	4

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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

59 of 227

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Perth Amboy Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	17
2022	15
2023	5
2024	20
2025	2

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Demeanor

56 of 227

Demeanor allegations reported by Perth Amboy Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	15
2022	12
2023	8
2024	8
2025	13

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not provided

19 of 227

not provided allegations reported by Perth Amboy Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	1
2023	4
2024	12
2025	2

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Neglect of Duty

17 of 227

Neglect of Duty allegations reported by Perth Amboy Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	0
2023	8
2024	5
2025	4

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Other (14 categories)

76 of 227

Other (14 categories) allegations reported by Perth Amboy Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	16
2022	23
2023	22
2024	7
2025	8

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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)
Perth Amboy Police Department	107.4
County median, municipal police (25)	125.0
NJ median, municipal police (445)	125.9

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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.

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

29 investigations reported for 2025^[1] ÷ 129 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025^[23] = 22.5 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: 12th percentile of 93 peers
Confidence: High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Perth Amboy 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
Range	Agencies
0–50	66
50–100	25
100–150	1
150–200	1

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Perth Amboy Police Department: 5.435 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 6th 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%

28th percentileof 93 peers

122.7 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%

6th percentileof 93 peers

5.4 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%

82nd percentileof 93 peers

2.31 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
Metric	Value	Rank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025	107.4	319th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations2025	29	77th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents2025	29	58th of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025	1	184th of 282 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30	$12,309	19th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year	2.25	258th of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-31	1.27x	265th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present	27	113th of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.
Year	major discipline records
2020	0
2021	0
2022	0
2023	1
2024	0
2025	0

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.

Major discipline records reported by Perth Amboy Police Department, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2023	Daisy Arocho	Patrolman	Suspended 30 days	^[25]

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)

Four records in the Fatal Encounters dataset name Perth Amboy Police Department, from 2004 through 2013. In the dataset's own as-recorded terms, the force is listed as Gunshot in three and Drowned in one. The dataset comes from Fatal Encounters, an independent crowdsourced journalism project that logged deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits, overdoses, and medical emergencies. A record means a death occurred during an encounter with the agency named in the as-reported agency field; it is not a finding of fault. Collection ended in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen at that point and later years are simply not covered.

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 Perth Amboy 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.

Dixon Rodriguez
December 4, 2013 · Perth Amboy · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot
Elton Doryen
June 29, 2007 · Perth Amboy · Highest level of force as recorded: Drowned
Edwin Cordero Jr.
May 26, 2007 · Perth Amboy · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot
Curtis E. Good
August 20, 2004 · Perth Amboy · 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

27^{^[5]}

Every request filed to this department

Most recent request

April 2026^{^[5]}

First recorded March 2024

Awaiting a response

19^{^[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 Perth Amboy Police Department (requests)
Awaiting agency response	19
Requester reported success	3
Requester reported partial success	3
Agency said records not held	2

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Recent requests

The 12 most recent requests to Perth Amboy 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.

2026-04-20Awaiting agency response
2026-02-04Requester reported success
2025-12-30Requester reported partial success
2025-12-08Awaiting agency response
2025-12-05Requester reported success
2025-11-04Awaiting agency response
2025-11-03Awaiting agency response
2025-09-16Awaiting agency response
2025-08-31Awaiting agency response
2025-08-21Awaiting agency response
2025-07-22Awaiting agency response
2025-06-25Awaiting 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: “Copy of police report and incident records for Incident No. 26019510 filed in connection with cargo fraud and unlawful conversion.”
2026-04-20 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “2025 IA Summary and Major Discipline Report (Departments in Middlesex County)”
2026-02-04 · Requester reported success
A member of the public requested: “Police Department Roster with Badge Numbers”
2025-12-30 · Requester reported partial success
A member of the public requested: “Request for Existing BWC &/ MVC Footage & Requests”
2025-12-08 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Police CBAs & MOAs”
2025-12-05 · Requester reported success
A member of the public requested: “OPRA Request – March 17 2024 Unauthorized Racing Event (Victory Bridge / Convery Blvd & Smith St)”
2025-11-04 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “OPRA Request – DUI Arrest Reports (Past 3 Months)”
2025-11-03 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “BWC Footage”
2025-09-16 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Arrest reports of incident case #25036520 complaint S 000723”
2025-08-31 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “OPRA Request – Police Sergeant Positions”
2025-08-21 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Police Report”
2025-07-22 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Police case #25025009”
2025-06-25 · 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 Perth Amboy 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 Perth Amboy Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Perth Amboy Police Department named 27 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 29 investigations. Its rate of 107.4 per 100 officers came in under the Middlesex County median of 125 and the 125.9 municipal median. A rate below the median is not by itself proof of a cleaner department, because it can also mean fewer complaints make it into the record. Of the 29 investigations detailed for 2025, 4 reported sustained complaints. Demeanor was the leading allegation category, followed by Neglect of Duty and Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation. Allegations are not findings. One major discipline record appears across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. Perth Amboy received an A on the report card, at the 12th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

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

Perth Amboy Police Department reported 29 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 27 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Perth Amboy Police Department have?

Perth Amboy Police Department has 1 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 0 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Perth Amboy Police Department encrypt its radio communications?

According to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, Perth Amboy Police Department encrypts all of its radio communications (P25 AES-256), as recorded on 2026-03-06. This site treats radio encryption as a transparency signal, which is analysis, not a figure from the discipline data.

How many officers does Perth Amboy Police Department have?

Perth Amboy Police Department reported 129 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 13.2% of them female. That is 2.25 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 Perth Amboy Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Perth Amboy Police Department received 49 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 1995 and 2018, with a total recorded value of $1,984,780 (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 Perth Amboy Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Perth Amboy Police Department under the 1033 program totals $1,984,780 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $1,587,817 is in categories this site classes as tactical (27 of 49 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 Perth Amboy Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 4 records naming Perth Amboy Police Department, from 2004 through 2013. 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 Perth Amboy Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 117 active Perth Amboy Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $112,394. The median for the 904 TPAF-enrolled staff at PERTH AMBOY BD OF ED is $95,103, a ratio of 1.18x. Against the Middlesex County school-staff median the ratio is 1.27x. 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]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2320. 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]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]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]Records-request activity for Perth Amboy Police Department. 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]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Perth Amboy PD row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[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]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8403. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[9]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8403. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[10]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8403. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[11]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8403. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[12]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 285. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[13]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1303. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[14]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1808. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[15]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 789. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[16]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2320. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[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 Perth Amboy PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
[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 Perth Amboy PD row for 2021. ↩
[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 Perth Amboy PD row for 2022. ↩
[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 Perth Amboy PD row for 2023. ↩
[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 Perth Amboy PD row for 2024. ↩
[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 Perth Amboy PD row for 2025. ↩
[23]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8403. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[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. ↩
[25]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1788. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩