Report card
Salem County Sheriffs Office
Not graded: insufficient reported data
The agency did not report enough figures to compute at least two components.
- Peer group
- County sheriff, all sheriff agencies (34 agencies)
- Confidence
- High confidence
How the grade is built
Three components, each a percentile within the peer group (higher = more reported volume or severity). The combined standing is their weighted mean, re-ranked among peers; the grade is the fifth of the peer group it lands in. Weights are an editorial choice, published on the methodology page.
IA volumeweight 40%
not computable from reported data
Internal affairs investigations per 100 reported officers, averaged over the years where the agency reported both figures.
Discipline severityweight 40%
not computable from reported data
Major discipline records weighted by sanction (termination 4, demotion 3, suspension 2, other 1) per 100 officers.
Allegation severityweight 20%
not computable from reported data
Mean severity tier of IA allegations across 2021-2025, using the published tier map; unknown values excluded.
The inputs, on the record
Major discipline records
3
All years, 2020-2025
Terminations
0
All years, 2020-2025
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, population, or call-volume denominator in this data, so nothing here is a per-capita misconduct rate.
- 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. Weights are a transparent editorial choice on the methodology page, and the records are always one click away.
Questions and answers
- What is Salem County Sheriffs Office's police report card grade?
- Salem County Sheriffs Office is not graded on this site: it did not report enough data to compute a grade. The underlying records are still shown.
- How is the report-card grade calculated?
- The grade combines three components, each ranked within a peer group of the same agency type and size: internal affairs volume per officer (40%), sanction-weighted discipline severity (40%), and mean allegation severity (20%). The combined standing is re-ranked among peers, and the grade is the fifth of the peer group it falls in. Full method and weights are on the methodology page.