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Department profile · Somerset County

South Bound Brook Police Department

Reported as: South Bound Brook 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), 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.

In brief

The South Bound Brook Police Department is a municipal police agency in Somerset County. It reported 4 sworn officers in 2025 and opened 5 internal affairs investigations that year. Its rate of 125 investigations per 100 officers was below the 125.6 median for municipal police. Of the 5 investigations detailed for 2025, 4 ended in sustained findings. Neglect of Duty was the leading allegation.

Two major discipline records appear in the 2020 through 2025 releases, one of them a termination. On the site's report card the department received an F, placing it in the 87th percentile of its peer group of 361 agencies with 1 to 14 officers. A higher volume of internal affairs activity can reflect either 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

4[1]

IA investigations, 2025

5[1]

Incidents, 2025

5[1]

Major discipline records

2

All years, 2020-2025

Internal affairs investigations by year

10202172022220233202452025
Internal affairs investigations reported by South Bound Brook Police Department, by year
Internal affairs investigations reported by South Bound Brook Police Department, by year
20212022202320242025
107235

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 5 investigations, 4 reported one or more sustained complaints. Officer-level rows list 5 officers involved.[7]

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by South Bound Brook PD, 2025
Most serious allegations reported by South Bound Brook PD, 2025
Neglect of Duty2
Insubordination/Disobeying An Order1
Other Criminal Violation1
Improper Supervision/Failure To Supervise1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by South Bound Brook PD, 2025
Internal dispositions reported by South Bound Brook PD, 2025
Sustained4
Not Sustained1

Against peers, 2025

AnalysisComputed by this site from reported totals; not an official statistic.
SOUTH BOUND BROOK PD125.0COUNTY MEDIAN, MUNICIPAL POLICE (18)141.7NJ 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)
South Bound Brook PD125.0
County median, municipal police (18)141.7
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.

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Major discipline records

Major discipline records reported by South Bound Brook Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2022Paul RomanoOfficerTerminatedSuspended 110 days[8]
2020Richard MeinsenSergeantSuspended 19 days[9]

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 South Bound Brook Police Department report in 2025?
South Bound Brook Police Department reported 5 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. It reported 4 sworn officers that year.
How many major discipline records does South Bound Brook Police Department have?
South Bound Brook 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.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2490. 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 451. 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 1472. 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 1980. 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 956. 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 2490. 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 South Bound Brook 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 2300. 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 2929. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩