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Department profile · Passaic County

Pompton Lakes Borough Police Department

Reported as: Pompton Lakes Boro PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Pompton Lakes Borough 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.

In brief

The Pompton Lakes Borough Police Department is a municipal police agency in Passaic County. It reported 7 sworn officers in 2025 and 10 internal affairs investigations that year. Its rate of 142.9 investigations per 100 officers was above the 125.6 median for municipal departments. None of the 10 investigations detailed for 2025 reported a sustained complaint. The leading allegation labels were other departmental rule violation, theft and false documentation or falsifying a report (criminal).

Seven major discipline records appear in the 2020 through 2025 releases, two of them terminations, with entries in 2021, 2022 and 2024. On the report card the department received an F, which the site reports as the 98th percentile of its peer group of 61 agencies in the 15-29 officers band. A higher volume of internal affairs activity can reflect more misconduct or a stronger reporting culture.

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

Sworn officers, 2025

7[1]

IA investigations, 2025

10[1]

Incidents, 2025

9[1]

Major discipline records

7

All years, 2020-2025

Internal affairs investigations by year

182021322022572023272024102025
Internal affairs investigations reported by Pompton Lakes Borough Police Department, by year
Internal affairs investigations reported by Pompton Lakes Borough Police Department, by year
20212022202320242025
1832572710

As reported to the Attorney General.[2][3][4][5][6]

Complaint mix, 2025

Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Allegations are not findings: of 10 investigations, 0 reported one or more sustained complaints. Officer-level rows list 10 officers involved.[7]

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Pompton Lakes Boro PD, 2025
Most serious allegations reported by Pompton Lakes Boro PD, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation4
Theft2
False Documentation/Falsifying A Report (Criminal)1
Differential Treatment1
Demeanor1
Excessive Force1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Pompton Lakes Boro PD, 2025
Internal dispositions reported by Pompton Lakes Boro PD, 2025
Exonerated5
Not Sustained3
not provided1
Administratively Closed1

Against peers, 2025

AnalysisComputed by this site from reported totals; not an official statistic.
POMPTON LAKES BORO PD142.9COUNTY MEDIAN, MUNICIPAL POLICE (18)123.2NJ MEDIAN, MUNICIPAL POLICE (447)125.6
Internal affairs investigations per 100 officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 sworn officers)
Internal affairs investigations per 100 officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 sworn officers)
Pompton Lakes Boro PD142.9
County median, municipal police (18)123.2
NJ median, municipal police (447)125.6

Investigations per 100 sworn officers, using the officer counts each agency reported for 2025. 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.

View the report card

Major discipline records

Major discipline records reported by Pompton Lakes Borough Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2024William PepeOfficerSeparated while IA pending[8]
2024Stefano BarahonaOfficerTerminated[9]
2024William PepeOfficerSeparated while IA pending[10]
2024William PepeOfficerSeparated while IA pending[11]
2024William PepeOfficerSeparated while IA pending[12]
2022William PepeOfficerSuspended 6 days[13]
2021Mark StinnardOfficerTerminated[14]

Every name links to the officer's record page with the agency's full synopsis and citation.

Questions and answers

How many internal affairs investigations did Pompton Lakes Borough Police Department report in 2025?
Pompton Lakes Borough Police Department reported 10 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. It reported 7 sworn officers that year.
How many major discipline records does Pompton Lakes Borough Police Department have?
Pompton Lakes Borough Police Department has 7 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 2 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2455. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  2. [2]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 416. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  3. [3]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1436. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  4. [4]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1944. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  5. [5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 919. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  6. [6]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2455. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  7. [7]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 Pompton Lakes Boro PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
  8. [8]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1254. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  9. [9]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1255. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  10. [10]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1256. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  11. [11]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1257. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  12. [12]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1258. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  13. [13]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2288. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  14. [14]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2658. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩