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Stafford Township Police Department

Reported as: Stafford Twp 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

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

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

Stafford Township Police Department, a municipal police agency in Ocean County, logged 15 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 13 officers named in those cases, a rate of 115.4 per 100 officers. That ran above the Ocean County median of 100 but below the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Comparisons like this cut both ways, since a department that documents more of its complaints will show a higher rate than one that documents fewer. Of the 15 investigations detailed for 2025, 3 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led the allegation categories, followed by Demeanor and Excessive Force.

Three major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2023 and 2025. Stafford Township received a B on the report card, at the 27th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ 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

13[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

15[1]

Incidents, 2025

11[1]

Major discipline records

3

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

62[7]

60 years reported

62 sworn officers in 2025, up from 2 in 1963 (+3000%).
Yearsworn officers
19632
1964not reported
1965not reported
19664
1967not reported
19685
19696
19707
19718
197211
197311
197414
197516
197619
197722
197824
197925
198025
198126
198230
198330
198430
198531
198634
198737
198837
198939
199039
199137
199238
199338
199438
199540
199642
199743
199847
199948
200048
200148
200250
200350
200452
200553
200656
200759
200858
200958
201048
201149
201249
201350
201449
201551
201651
201752
201854
201955
202055
202155
202259
202365
202461
202562

Civilian employees, 2025

21[8]

0.34 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

2[9]

3.2% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

1.99[10]

Municipal departments only

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

How Stafford Township 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
RangeAgencies
0–20084
200–4005
400–6001
600–8001
800–10000
1000–12001

Stafford Township Police Department: 62 sworn officers: 6th 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 60 active Stafford Township Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$127,407[3]

60 active officers

Median local school staff

$66,921

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP BD OF ED, 234 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.90x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.59x

Median officer to Ocean 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 "STAFFORD TOWNSHIP 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 Ocean County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Stafford Township Police Department received 27 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the federal military surplus program between 1999 and 2025, all of them in categories this site classes as tactical. The recorded value totals $935,124 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value. Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation leads at $520,960 across 16 line items, followed by Unmanned aircraft at $336,000 and Unmanned ground vehicles at $77,060. This site's Militarization Index places the department at the 98th percentile among 93 agencies of comparable size; that is analysis by this site, not an official statistic, and a higher index means heavier use of the program over the years rather than a larger present-day stock, so it is not automatically worse. These are transfers received across many years, not a current inventory: 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

$935,124[2]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$935,124[2]

27 of 27 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

1999-2025[2]

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 36 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 Stafford Township Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation520,960 tactical
Unmanned aircraft336,000 tactical
Unmanned ground vehicles77,060 tactical
Guns, through 30mm1,104 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 Stafford Township Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
CategoryClassLine itemsQuantity receivedRecorded value (original cost)
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855Tactical1625 items (Each)$520,960
Unmanned aircraftAircraft and drones · FSC 1550Tactical22 items (Each)$336,000
Unmanned ground vehiclesEOD robots and bomb-disposal equipment · FSC 2360Tactical11 items (Each)$77,060
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005Tactical88 items (Each)$1,104

Every recorded transfer

Equipment class

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1033 program transfers recorded for Stafford Township Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
ItemCategoryQtyRecorded valueOriginal DoD cost
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-584-7217Shipped 2025-09-20 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$34,084
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMNSN 1550-01-621-5533Shipped 2025-09-05 · DEMIL CUnmanned aircraft Tactical1 Each$168,000
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMNSN 1550-01-621-5533Shipped 2025-09-05 · DEMIL CUnmanned aircraft Tactical1 Each$168,000
ILLUMINATOR,INTEGRATED,SMALL ARMSNSN 5855-01-534-5931Shipped 2024-07-31 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical10 Each$9,700
UNMANNED VEHICLE,GROUNDNSN 2360-01-663-1082Shipped 2021-01-11 · DEMIL QUnmanned ground vehicles Tactical1 Each$77,060
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2012-07-16 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2002-08-27 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2002-08-27 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 2002-08-27 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-04-06 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-04-06 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-04-06 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138
RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-589-1271Shipped 1999-04-06 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$138

27 of 27 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.

Stafford Township Police Department received $15,083 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 98th 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
RangeAgencies
0–500076
5000–100009
10000–150006
15000–200001

Stafford Township Police Department: 15,083 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 98th 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 Stafford Township Police Department, by year
Categorycounts
20215
202218
202313
20247
202515

Incidents

11 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Stafford Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20215
20229
20237
20247
202511

Officers on IA rows

15 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Stafford Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
20247
202515
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 Stafford Township Police Department, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202216.667
202330.769
20240
202520

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 15 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Stafford Township Police Department, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation9
Demeanor3
Excessive Force3
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Demeanor · Excessive Force

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Stafford Township Police Department, 2025
Exonerated5
Unfounded4
Sustained3
Not Sustained3

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Demeanor

27 of 58

Demeanor allegations reported by Stafford Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20213
202210
20239
20242
20253

Other Departmental Rule Violation

18 of 58

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Stafford Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20211
20223
20233
20242
20259

Excessive Force

7 of 58

Excessive Force allegations reported by Stafford Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20211
20220
20230
20243
20253

Differential Treatment

4 of 58

Differential Treatment allegations reported by Stafford Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20224
20230
20240
20250

Other (2 categories)

2 of 58

Other (2 categories) allegations reported by Stafford Township Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20221
20231
20240
20250

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Stafford Township Police Department115.4
County median, municipal police (29)100.0
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.

15 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 62 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[22] = 24.2 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 B: Second-lowest fifth

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing
27th percentile of 93 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 Stafford Township 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
RangeAgencies
0–5066
50–10025
100–1501
150–2001

Stafford Township Police Department: 54.545 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 77th 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%

1st percentileof 93 peers

103.2 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%

77th percentileof 93 peers

54.5 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%

46th percentileof 93 peers

1.98 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.[23] How each metric is defined.
This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
MetricValueRank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025115.4289th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations202515153rd of 445 municipal police
IA incidents202511163rd of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025387th of 282 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30$15,0839th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year1.99318th of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-311.59x93rd of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present3559th of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

1 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.
Yearmajor discipline records
20200
20210
20221
20231
20240
20251

1 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.

Major discipline records reported by Stafford Township Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2025Austin RauchPatrolmanSuspended 10 days[24]
2023Russell DunfeePatrolmanSuspended 30 days[25]
2022Phillip MauroSergeantSuspended 10 days[26]

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

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.[4] 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 Stafford Township, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 35 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 212 filed to Stafford Township are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

35[4]

Identified by subject line, of 247 filed to Stafford Township

Most recent request

May 2026[4]

First recorded October 2017

Awaiting a response

17[4]

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 Stafford Township (requests)
Awaiting agency response17
Requester reported success10
Requester reported partial success3
Withdrawn by requester1
Request refused1
Delivery error1
Flagged for attention1
Agency said records not held1

Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Stafford Township, 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. 2026-05-29Requester reported success
  2. 2026-04-18Awaiting agency response
  3. 2026-04-18Awaiting agency response
  4. 2026-04-14Awaiting agency response
  5. 2026-04-13Awaiting agency response
  6. 2026-02-10Awaiting agency response
  7. 2025-11-06Requester reported success
  8. 2025-10-09Awaiting agency response
  9. 2025-08-18Withdrawn by requester
  10. 2025-08-10Request refused
  11. 2025-06-08Delivery error
  12. 2025-05-30Awaiting 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 Stafford Township 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 Stafford Township 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 Stafford Township Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Stafford Township Police Department, a municipal police agency in Ocean County, logged 15 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 13 officers named in those cases, a rate of 115.4 per 100 officers. That ran above the Ocean County median of 100 but below the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Comparisons like this cut both ways, since a department that documents more of its complaints will show a higher rate than one that documents fewer. Of the 15 investigations detailed for 2025, 3 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led the allegation categories, followed by Demeanor and Excessive Force. Three major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2023 and 2025. Stafford Township received a B on the report card, at the 27th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a medium-confidence grade.

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

Stafford Township Police Department reported 15 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 13 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Stafford Township Police Department have?

Stafford Township Police Department has 3 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 0 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Stafford Township Police Department encrypt its radio communications?

According to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, Stafford Township 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 Stafford Township Police Department have?

Stafford Township Police Department reported 62 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 3.2% of them female. That is 1.99 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 Stafford Township Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Stafford Township Police Department received 27 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 1999 and 2025, with a total recorded value of $935,124 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation. 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 Stafford Township Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Stafford Township Police Department under the 1033 program totals $935,124 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $935,124 is in categories this site classes as tactical (27 of 27 line items). These are original-cost figures at the time of transfer, not current or market value.

What does Stafford Township Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 60 active Stafford Township Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $127,407. The median for the 234 TPAF-enrolled staff at STAFFORD TOWNSHIP BD OF ED is $66,921, a ratio of 1.90x. Against the Ocean County school-staff median the ratio is 1.59x. 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. [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2440. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  2. [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. [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. ↩
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