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Union Beach Police Department

Reported as: Union Beach PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Union Beach 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

Union Beach Police Department reported 16 internal affairs investigations in 2025, up sharply from the prior four years, with 9 officers named in those cases. The rate of 177.8 per 100 officers stood well above the Monmouth County median of 125 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Read it two ways: a heavier volume of misconduct, or a department that has begun documenting more of its complaints. Of the 16 investigations detailed for 2025, 1 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led the allegation categories, with Demeanor and Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation also recorded. Allegations are not findings.

No major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, and the absence of records is not a finding. Union Beach received a C on the report card, at the 43rd percentile among 100 peers in the 1-14 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

9[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

16[1]

Incidents, 2025

16[1]

Major discipline records

0

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

19[8]

64 years reported

19 sworn officers in 2025, up from 8 in 1960 (+138%).
Yearsworn officers
19608
19616
1962not reported
19638
19648
19655
19669
19679
19689
19699
197011
197111
197212
197310
197412
197511
197612
197710
197812
197913
198013
198111
198211
198312
198412
198512
198612
198711
198813
198914
199014
199114
199214
199314
199413
199513
199613
199712
199814
199914
200014
200114
200214
200315
200415
200516
200616
200716
200815
200914
201014
201114
201214
201312
201415
201516
201615
201715
201817
201916
202017
202117
202219
20230
2024not reported
202519

Civilian employees, 2025

3[9]

0.16 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

2[10]

10.5% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

3.34[11]

Municipal departments only

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

How Union Beach 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, 15-29 officers (n=166)

Sworn officers: Municipal police, 15-29 officers
RangeAgencies
14–1617
16–1820
18–2026
20–2217
22–2426
24–2624
26–2817
28–3019

Union Beach Police Department: 19 sworn officers: 34th percentile among Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=166).

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 17 active Union Beach Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$121,353[3]

17 active officers

Median local school staff

$69,885

UNION BEACH BORO BD OF ED, 69 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.74x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.40x

Median officer to Monmouth 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 "UNION BEACH BORO 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 Monmouth County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Union Beach Police Department received 26 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the federal military surplus program between 2012 and 2016, all in categories this site classes as tactical, with a total recorded value of $88,272 at original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value. Quantities are counted separately by unit of issue, 85 items under Each and 8 under Kit, and the two cannot be added together. Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled led by recorded value at $41,447, with Guns, through 30mm at $26,700 across 21 line items and Optical sighting and ranging equipment at $13,731. These are transfers received over time, not a current inventory, and 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

$88,272[2]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$88,272[2]

26 of 26 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

2012-2016[2]

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 85 items (Each); 8 (Kit). 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 Union Beach Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled41,447 tactical
Guns, through 30mm26,700 tactical
Optical sighting and ranging equipment13,731 tactical
Optical instruments6,394 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 Union Beach Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
CategoryClassLine itemsQuantity receivedRecorded value (original cost)
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320Tactical11 items (Each)$41,447
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005Tactical2156 items (Each); 8 (Kit)$26,700
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240Tactical327 items (Each)$13,731
Optical instrumentsWeapon optics and sights · FSC 6650Tactical11 items (Each)$6,394

Every recorded transfer

Equipment class

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1033 program transfers recorded for Union Beach Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
ItemCategoryQtyRecorded valueOriginal DoD cost
SIGHT,HOLOGRAPHICNSN 1240-01-492-5264Shipped 2016-03-24 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical17 Each$10,341
BARREL,AUTOMATIC GUNNSN 1005-01-319-7111Shipped 2015-04-29 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical14 Each$6,317
BINOCULARNSN 6650-01-453-7551Shipped 2014-11-18 · DEMIL COptical instruments Tactical1 Each$6,394
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-01-128-9936Shipped 2014-11-13 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical1 Each$749
CONVERSION KIT,RIFLENSN 1005-01-454-9283Shipped 2014-09-11 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical8 Kit$6,208
BARREL AND FRONT SIGHT ASSEMBLYNSN 1005-01-233-8529Shipped 2014-09-11 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical10 Each$1,200
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2014-08-19 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical9 Each$3,051
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-01-561-7200Shipped 2014-08-19 · DEMIL DGuns, through 30mm Tactical15 Each$243
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2014-07-28 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical1 Each$339
TRUCK,UTILITYNSN 2320-01-146-7193Shipped 2012-05-17 · DEMIL CTrucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical1 Each$41,447

26 of 26 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.

Union Beach Police Department received $4,646 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 88th percentile among municipal police agencies of similar size (15-29 officers, n=167).

Peer group: Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=167)

Tactical 1033 value per sworn officer: Municipal police, 15-29 officers
RangeAgencies
0–5000147
5000–1000013
10000–150004
15000–200001
20000–250000
25000–300001

Union Beach Police Department: 4,646 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 88th percentile among Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=167).

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 Union Beach Police Department, by year
Categorycounts
20215
20225
20235
20245
202516

Incidents

16 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Union Beach Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20215
20225
20235
20245
202516

Officers on IA rows

11 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Union Beach Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
20245
202511
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 Union Beach Police Department, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202240
2023100
2024100
20256.25

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 11 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Union Beach Police Department, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation10
Demeanor3
not provided2
Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Demeanor · Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Union Beach Police Department, 2025
not provided12
Exonerated2
Sustained1
Unfounded1

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Other Departmental Rule Violation

17 of 36

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Union Beach Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20213
20223
20230
20241
202510

not provided

4 of 36

not provided allegations reported by Union Beach Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20222
20230
20240
20252

Demeanor

3 of 36

Demeanor allegations reported by Union Beach Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20220
20230
20240
20253

Insubordination/Disobeying An Order

3 of 36

Insubordination/Disobeying An Order allegations reported by Union Beach Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20220
20233
20240
20250

Other (6 categories)

9 of 36

Other (6 categories) allegations reported by Union Beach Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20212
20220
20232
20244
20251

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Union Beach Police Department177.8
County median, municipal police (41)125.0
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.

16 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 19 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[23] = 84.2 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 C: Middle fifth of peers

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing
43rd percentile of 100 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 Union Beach Police Department's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.

Peer group: Municipal police, 1-14 officers (n=100)

Discipline severity: Municipal police, 1-14 officers
RangeAgencies
0–5074
50–1006
100–1508
150–2002
200–2504
250–3002
300–3504

Union Beach Police Department: 0 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 34th percentile among Municipal police, 1-14 officers (n=100).

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%

76th percentileof 100 peers

143.9 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%

34th percentileof 100 peers

0.0 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%

18th percentileof 100 peers

1.63 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 officers2025177.843rd of 445 municipal police
IA investigations202516139th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents202516112th of 445 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30$4,64656th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year3.3496th of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-311.40x205th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present16253rd of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

No major discipline records appear for this agency in the 2020-2025 releases. Absence of records is not a finding; see the methodology for what this data does and does not cover.

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 Union Beach Police Department, from 2005. The as-recorded force label on that record is Medical emergency. 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 holds nothing after 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 Union Beach 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.

  • Robert Podolsky

    March 24, 2005 · Union Beach · Highest level of force as recorded: Medical emergency

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 Union Beach 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 122 filed to Union Beach Borough are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

16[5]

Identified by subject line, of 138 filed to Union Beach Borough

Most recent request

September 2025[5]

First recorded November 2017

Awaiting a response

9[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 Union Beach Borough (requests)
Awaiting agency response9
Requester reported success5
Requester reported partial success2

Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to Union Beach 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. 2025-09-15Awaiting agency response
  2. 2025-06-26Awaiting agency response
  3. 2023-09-20Awaiting agency response
  4. 2023-08-31Awaiting agency response
  5. 2023-08-31Awaiting agency response
  6. 2021-04-20Requester reported success
  7. 2020-05-28Awaiting agency response
  8. 2020-05-28Awaiting agency response
  9. 2020-05-28Awaiting agency response
  10. 2020-05-27Awaiting agency response
  11. 2020-05-27Requester reported partial success
  12. 2019-11-13Requester reported success
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 Union Beach 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 Union Beach 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 Union Beach Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Union Beach Police Department reported 16 internal affairs investigations in 2025, up sharply from the prior four years, with 9 officers named in those cases. The rate of 177.8 per 100 officers stood well above the Monmouth County median of 125 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Read it two ways: a heavier volume of misconduct, or a department that has begun documenting more of its complaints. Of the 16 investigations detailed for 2025, 1 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led the allegation categories, with Demeanor and Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation also recorded. Allegations are not findings. No major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, and the absence of records is not a finding. Union Beach received a C on the report card, at the 43rd percentile among 100 peers in the 1-14 officers group, a medium-confidence grade.

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

Union Beach Police Department reported 16 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 9 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Union Beach Police Department have?

No major discipline records appear for Union Beach Police Department in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases. Absence of records is not a finding; discipline is listed only after all appeals conclude.

How many officers does Union Beach Police Department have?

Union Beach Police Department reported 19 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 10.5% of them female. That is 3.34 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 Union Beach Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Union Beach Police Department received 26 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 2012 and 2016, with a total recorded value of $88,272 (original DoD acquisition cost, not current or market value). The largest category by recorded value was: Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled. 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 Union Beach Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Union Beach Police Department under the 1033 program totals $88,272 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $88,272 is in categories this site classes as tactical (26 of 26 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 Union Beach Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 1 record naming Union Beach Police Department, from 2005 through 2005. 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 Union Beach Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 17 active Union Beach Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $121,353. The median for the 69 TPAF-enrolled staff at UNION BEACH BORO BD OF ED is $69,885, a ratio of 1.74x. Against the Monmouth County school-staff median the ratio is 1.40x. 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 2371. 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. ↩
  4. [4]Fatal Encounters, New Jersey subset. Fatal Encounters (fatalencounters.org). Fatal Encounters national dataset (2000-2021); collection ended December 2021. Retrieved 2026-07-10. https://fatalencounters.org/ ↩
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