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Ramsey Police Department

Reported as: Ramsey PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Not a civil service jurisdiction

This department is not among the NJCSC Appendix A jurisdictions, so major discipline here follows a different statutory track (generally N.J.S.A. 40A:14 for municipal police), with appeals that usually go to the Superior Court rather than the Civil Service Commission.

See the context on non-civil-service departments.

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

Radio encryption

Ramsey 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

Ramsey Police Department, a municipal agency in Bergen County, named 6 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 7 investigations. Its rate of 116.7 per 100 officers fell below the Bergen County median of 125.3 and the 125.9 municipal median, which can mean less misconduct or a narrower record of complaints. Of the 7 investigations detailed for 2025, 4 reported sustained complaints. Demeanor was the leading allegation category, with Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Property and Other Departmental Rule Violation next.

Two major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021 and 2024, including one termination. Ramsey PD received a C on the report card, at the 43rd percentile among 110 peers in the 30-59 officers group, a medium-confidence grade.

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

Officers named in IA cases, 2025

6[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

7[1]

Incidents, 2025

6[1]

Major discipline records

2

All years, 2020-2025

Staffing

As reported by the department to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) census, full-time personnel as of October 31 each year. This is a different measurement from the "officers named in IA cases" figure above; see the methodology.

Sworn officers, 2025

35[8]

66 years reported

35 sworn officers in 2025, up from 12 in 1960 (+192%).
Yearsworn officers
196012
196114
196216
196316
196416
196517
196619
196719
196821
196924
197023
197123
197225
197326
197428
197528
197628
197728
197828
197927
198028
198127
198228
198329
198430
198534
198630
198731
198831
198932
199031
199131
199231
199328
199429
199531
199633
199734
199832
199935
200034
200132
200231
200332
200437
200534
200633
200733
200830
200929
201029
201130
201231
201332
201431
201531
201632
201732
201833
201933
202034
202135
202231
202336
202436
202535

Civilian employees, 2025

8[9]

0.23 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

2[10]

5.7% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

2.33[11]

Municipal departments only

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

How Ramsey 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, 30-59 officers (n=111)

Sworn officers: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
RangeAgencies
30–3538
35–4026
40–4516
45–5014
50–5510
55–607

Ramsey Police Department: 35 sworn officers: 38th percentile among Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=111).

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 35 active Ramsey Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$148,837[3]

35 active officers

Median local school staff

$107,459

RAMSEY BOROUGH BD OF ED, 299 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.39x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.62x

Median officer to Bergen County school-staff median

AnalysisEvery ratio here is computed by this site from as-reported pensionable salaries. The local school figure comes from the pension employer "RAMSEY BOROUGH BD OF ED", linked to this municipality only because exactly one district in the county resolves to it. A pay comparison is not a statement about either budget. The full county comparison, including the distribution and the tenure-adjusted figure, is on the Bergen County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Ramsey Police Department received 38 recorded line items between 2020 and 2024, recorded at $651,829 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value, with $641,289 of it in categories this site classes as tactical. The bulk sits in Physical properties testing and inspection equipment, 25 line items recorded at $450,000, followed by Unmanned ground vehicles at $77,060 and Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled at $70,000. This site's Militarization Index, which is our analysis rather than an official statistic, places Ramsey at $18,323, in the 99th percentile of the 112 agencies in its 30-59 officers band; a higher index reflects heavier participation in the program, not a worse department or a larger stock of equipment on hand today. These are transfers received across those years and not a current inventory, since 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.

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

Total recorded value

$651,829[2]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$641,289[2]

36 of 38 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

2020-2024[2]

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 239 items (Each). Units of issue differ (an item and a kit are not the same thing), so no single combined item count exists.

Top categories by recorded value

Top 1033 equipment categories received by Ramsey Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Physical properties testing and inspection equipment450,000 tactical
Unmanned ground vehicles77,060 tactical
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled70,000 tactical
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation33,790 tactical
Armament training devices10,540 mundane
Optical sighting and ranging equipment7,131 tactical
Guns, through 30mm2,201 tactical
Miscellaneous weapons1,107 tactical

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 Ramsey Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
CategoryClassLine itemsQuantity receivedRecorded value (original cost)
Physical properties testing and inspection equipmentNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 6635Tactical2525 items (Each)$450,000
Unmanned ground vehiclesEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 2360Tactical11 items (Each)$77,060
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320Tactical11 items (Each)$70,000
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855Tactical332 items (Each)$33,790
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240Tactical213 items (Each)$7,131
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005Tactical3131 items (Each)$2,201
Miscellaneous weaponsWeapons · FSC 1095Tactical11 items (Each)$1,107
Armament training devicesTraining equipment · FSC 6920Mundane235 items (Each)$10,540

Every recorded transfer

Equipment class

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1033 program transfers recorded for Ramsey Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
ItemCategoryQtyRecorded valueOriginal DoD cost
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
CAMERA,INFRARED,INDUSTRIALNSN 6635-01-711-0415Shipped 2024-03-29 · DEMIL QPhysical properties testing and inspection equipment Tactical1 Each$18,000
ILLUMINATOR,INTEGRATED,SMALL ARMSNSN 5855-01-535-6166Shipped 2022-08-11 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical2 Each$1,796
UP ARMORED NTVSNSN 2320-DS-NTV-UARMShipped 2022-05-25 · DEMIL CTrucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical1 Each$70,000
FIRING DEVICE,NON-LETHALNSN 1095-01-526-7860Shipped 2021-03-15 · DEMIL DMiscellaneous weapons Tactical1 Each$1,107
UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUNDNSN 2360-01-663-1082Shipped 2021-01-14 · DEMIL QUnmanned ground vehicles Tactical1 Each$77,060
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-01-561-7200Shipped 2020-10-22 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical75 Each$1,213
MOUNT,NVG,1 HOLENSN 5855-01-523-8363Shipped 2020-07-16 · DEMIL QNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical15 Each$5,129
ARMAMENT TRAINING DEVICESNSN 6920-DS-TRA-INE0Shipped 2020-07-16 · DEMIL DArmament training devices Mundane25 Each$1,250
ARMAMENT TRAINING DEVICESNSN 6920-DS-TRA-INE0Shipped 2020-07-16 · DEMIL DArmament training devices Mundane10 Each$9,290
SIGHT,HOLOGRAPHICNSN 1240-01-485-0441Shipped 2020-07-10 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical5 Each$2,265
SIGHT,HOLOGRAPHICNSN 1240-01-492-5264Shipped 2020-07-10 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical8 Each$4,866
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-00-921-5004Shipped 2020-06-23 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical50 Each$809
ILLUMINATOR,INFRAREDNSN 5855-01-577-7174Shipped 2020-06-23 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical15 Each$26,865
BIPOD,RIFLENSN 1005-00-890-2609Shipped 2020-04-15 · DEMIL QGuns, through 30mm Tactical6 Each$180

38 of 38 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.

Ramsey Police Department received $18,323 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 99th percentile among municipal police agencies of similar size (30-59 officers, n=112).

Peer group: Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=112)

Tactical 1033 value per sworn officer: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
RangeAgencies
0–5000103
5000–100004
10000–150001
15000–200002
20000–250001

Ramsey Police Department: 18,323 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 99th percentile among Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=112).

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 Ramsey Police Department, by year
Categorycounts
20213
20224
20233
20244
20257

Incidents

6 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Ramsey Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20213
20223
20233
20244
20256

Officers on IA rows

7 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Ramsey Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
20244
20257
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 Ramsey Police Department, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202250
202333.333
202425
202557.143

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 7 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Ramsey Police Department, 2025
Demeanor3
Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert2
Other Departmental Rule Violation2
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Demeanor · Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert · Other Departmental Rule Violation

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Ramsey Police Department, 2025
Sustained4
Exonerated3

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Other Departmental Rule Violation

9 of 21

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Ramsey Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20211
20221
20233
20242
20252

Demeanor

5 of 21

Demeanor allegations reported by Ramsey Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20211
20221
20230
20240
20253

Differential Treatment

2 of 21

Differential Treatment allegations reported by Ramsey Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20220
20230
20242
20250

Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert

2 of 21

Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert allegations reported by Ramsey Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20220
20230
20240
20252

Other (3 categories)

3 of 21

Other (3 categories) allegations reported by Ramsey Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20211
20222
20230
20240
20250
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Ramsey Police Department116.7
County median, municipal police (60)125.3
NJ median, municipal police (445)125.9

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

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

7 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 35 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[23] = 20.0 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 C: Middle fifth of peers

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing
43rd percentile of 110 peers
Confidence
Medium confidence
  • small agency; per-officer rates swing widely on a handful of cases

Where this agency falls among its peers

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

Peer group: Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=110)

Discipline severity: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
RangeAgencies
0–5073
50–10025
100–1504
150–2006
200–2501
250–3001

Ramsey Police Department: 157.895 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 95th percentile among Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=110).

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%

20th percentileof 110 peers

113.3 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%

95th percentileof 110 peers

157.9 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%

13th percentileof 110 peers

1.71 mean severity tier (1 low - 4 critical)

Mean severity tier of IA allegations across 2021-2025, using the published tier map; unknown values excluded.

What this grade can and can't tell you

  • The underlying data is self-reported by agencies, one yearly snapshot at a time.
  • Allegations are not findings; many complaints end unfounded, exonerated, or not sustained.
  • There is no arrest or call-volume denominator in this data, so nothing here is a per-capita misconduct rate. A genuinely independent staffing-based rate, sourced from the FBI rather than this grade's own data, appears above when available. It is a different measurement, not a more accurate version of the grade.
  • A higher internal affairs volume is ambiguous: it can indicate more misconduct, or a more robust oversight and reporting culture. The grade weighs it anyway, because volume is what the record offers; that choice is published, not hidden.
  • The grade is one lens. The records it reads are on this page above.

Where this agency ranks

AnalysisRankings compare agencies of the same type only, on figures as reported. A high rank is reported volume, not a verdict.[24] How each metric is defined.
This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
MetricValueRank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025116.7283rd of 445 municipal police
IA investigations20257267th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents20256244th of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-20252127th of 282 municipal police
Terminations2020-2025130th of 111 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30$18,3234th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year2.33239th of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-311.62x79th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present16253rd of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

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

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.

Major discipline records reported by Ramsey Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2024Diane WarnetPOSuspended 20 days[25]
2021Matthew RorkOfficerTerminatedSuspended 180 days[26]

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

Fatal encounters recorded involving this agency

From the independent Fatal Encounters dataset, 2000-2021

In brief (written by this site from the records below)

One record in the Fatal Encounters dataset names Ramsey Police Department, from 2004. The as-recorded force label on that record is Asphyxiated/Restrained. Fatal Encounters was an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that documented deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits, medical emergencies, and suicides in police presence. A record is not a finding of fault, and it does not say police caused the death. Collection ended in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen at that date.

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 Ramsey 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.

  • William Baumuller

    March 7, 2004 · Ramsey · Highest level of force as recorded: Asphyxiated/Restrained

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.

This department has no separate listing on OPRAmachine. Records requests for it are handled through Ramsey Borough, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 16 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 65 filed to Ramsey Borough are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

16[5]

Identified by subject line, of 81 filed to Ramsey Borough

Most recent request

December 2025[5]

First recorded May 2020

Awaiting a response

12[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 police-related records requests to Ramsey Borough (requests)
Awaiting agency response12
Requester reported success2
Flagged for attention1
Delivery error1

Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Ramsey Borough, by date and recorded status. Each was written by a member of the public. A request is a question somebody asked. It is not a finding, not an allegation this site makes, and not evidence that anything happened.

  1. 2025-12-15Flagged for attention
  2. 2025-10-05Awaiting agency response
  3. 2025-09-13Awaiting agency response
  4. 2024-03-22Awaiting agency response
  5. 2023-10-16Awaiting agency response
  6. 2023-10-06Requester reported success
  7. 2023-09-29Delivery error
  8. 2023-08-31Awaiting agency response
  9. 2023-08-31Awaiting agency response
  10. 2023-05-24Awaiting agency response
  11. 2023-03-03Requester reported success
  12. 2020-05-28Awaiting agency response
Show what each request asked for, as the requester wrote it

These titles are quoted from OPRAmachine exactly as the requester typed them. They are the requester's words, not this site's, and some describe what the requester believed or suspected. Nothing here has been established as fact.

File your own records request

Anyone can request records from this municipality 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 Ramsey Borough 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 count is an undercount, by design. Requests to Ramsey Borough are sorted by subject line, because that custodian also handles permits, property, and code enforcement. A request that is genuinely about the police but carries a vague subject line, and many do read only “OPRA Request,” is not counted here. The sorting is this site's own reading of the request titles, not a fact from the source, and it is deliberately cautious: it would rather miss a police request than show you somebody's building permit.

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 Ramsey Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Ramsey Police Department, a municipal agency in Bergen County, named 6 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 7 investigations. Its rate of 116.7 per 100 officers fell below the Bergen County median of 125.3 and the 125.9 municipal median, which can mean less misconduct or a narrower record of complaints. Of the 7 investigations detailed for 2025, 4 reported sustained complaints. Demeanor was the leading allegation category, with Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Property and Other Departmental Rule Violation next. Two major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021 and 2024, including one termination. Ramsey PD received a C on the report card, at the 43rd percentile among 110 peers in the 30-59 officers group, a medium-confidence grade.

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

Ramsey Police Department reported 7 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 6 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Ramsey Police Department have?

Ramsey Police Department has 2 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 1 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Ramsey Police Department encrypt its radio communications?

According to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, Ramsey 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 Ramsey Police Department have?

Ramsey Police Department reported 35 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 5.7% of them female. That is 2.33 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 Ramsey Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Ramsey Police Department received 38 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 2020 and 2024, with a total recorded value of $651,829 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Physical properties testing and inspection 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 Ramsey Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Ramsey Police Department under the 1033 program totals $651,829 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $641,289 is in categories this site classes as tactical (36 of 38 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 Ramsey Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 1 record naming Ramsey Police Department, from 2004 through 2004. 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 Ramsey Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 35 active Ramsey Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $148,837. The median for the 299 TPAF-enrolled staff at RAMSEY BOROUGH BD OF ED is $107,459, a ratio of 1.39x. Against the Bergen County school-staff median the ratio is 1.62x. 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.

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