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Union County Police Department

Reported as: Union Co PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Union County 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 County Police Department named 18 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 26 investigations, a rate of 144.4 per 100 officers. The Union County median was 137 and the statewide municipal median 125.9. Sitting over both can mean more misconduct or a department that documents more of the complaints it takes in. Of the 26 investigations detailed for 2025, 11 reported sustained complaints. Demeanor led the allegation categories, with Other Departmental Rule Violation and Assault also recorded.

Three major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2021 and 2022. Union County Police Department received a B on the report card, at the 24th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

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

Officers named in IA cases, 2025

18[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

26[1]

Incidents, 2025

23[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

67[6]

43 years reported

67 sworn officers in 2025, up from 42 in 1976 (+60%).
Yearsworn officers
197642
197741
197841
1979not reported
1980not reported
198134
198250
198350
1984149
1985166
1986178
1987178
1988not reported
1989not reported
1990not reported
1991not reported
1992not reported
1993304
1994388
1995399
1996407
1997416
1998399
1999349
2000425
2001322
2002318
2003317
2004313
2005330
2006325
2007319
200874
200973
201072
201172
201269
201369
201469
201568
201669
201775
201872
201972
202068
202176
202267
202367
202467
202567

Civilian employees, 2025

44[7]

0.66 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

7[8]

10.4% of sworn officers

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

How Union County 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

Union County Police Department: 67 sworn officers: 16th 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

No median officer salary is published for Union County Police Department. A department needs at least 10 active officers resolved to it in the NJ Treasury pension file before this site shows a median. That threshold is about the stability of the figure, not about the department. The county-level comparison is on the Union County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

Union County Police Department received seven recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the federal military surplus program between 2017 and 2019, all in categories this site classes as tactical. The recorded value totals $110,626 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value. Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation accounts for $94,051 of that, and Optical sighting and ranging equipment for $16,575. These are transfers received, 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

$110,626[2]

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$110,626[2]

7 of 7 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

2017-2019[2]

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 73 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 Union County Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation94,051 tactical
Optical sighting and ranging equipment16,575 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 County Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
CategoryClassLine itemsQuantity receivedRecorded value (original cost)
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855Tactical344 items (Each)$94,051
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240Tactical429 items (Each)$16,575

Every recorded transfer

Equipment class

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1033 program transfers recorded for Union County Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
ItemCategoryQtyRecorded valueOriginal DoD cost
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-594-3103Shipped 2019-08-28 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical17 Each$7,776
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2019-03-07 · DEMIL COptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical1 Each$1,205
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2019-03-07 · DEMIL COptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical1 Each$1,205
THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEMNSN 5855-01-553-1162Shipped 2019-01-18 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$9,225
THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEMNSN 5855-01-553-1162Shipped 2019-01-18 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical1 Each$9,225
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-587-9345Shipped 2017-06-29 · DEMIL QOptical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical10 Each$6,390
ILLUMINATOR,INFRAREDNSN 5855-01-533-0555Shipped 2017-06-29 · DEMIL DNight vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical42 Each$75,600

7 of 7 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 County Police Department received $1,651 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 73rd 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
0–500075
5000–100009
10000–150006
15000–200002

Union County Police Department: 1,651 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 73rd 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 Union County Police Department, by year
Categorycounts
202148
202212
202322
202424
202526

Incidents

23 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Union County Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
202148
202212
202322
202423
202523

Officers on IA rows

26 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Union County Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
202424
202526
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 County Police Department, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202250
20230
202437.5
202542.308

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 26 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Union County Police Department, 2025
Demeanor10
Other Departmental Rule Violation7
Assault2
Harassment/Stalking2
Insubordination/Disobeying An Order2
Attendance Issues2
Preventable MV Accident1
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Demeanor · Other Departmental Rule Violation · Assault · Harassment/Stalking · Insubordination/Disobeying An Order · Attendance Issues · Preventable MV Accident

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Union County Police Department, 2025
Sustained11
Exonerated10
Not Sustained4
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

56 of 132

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Union County Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
202134
20226
20235
20244
20257

Demeanor

36 of 132

Demeanor allegations reported by Union County Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20218
20223
20236
20249
202510

Excessive Force

5 of 132

Excessive Force allegations reported by Union County Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20211
20221
20232
20241
20250

Neglect of Duty

5 of 132

Neglect of Duty allegations reported by Union County Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20221
20232
20242
20250

Other (15 categories)

30 of 132

Other (15 categories) allegations reported by Union County Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20215
20221
20237
20248
20259

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Union County Police Department144.4
County median, municipal police (23)137.0
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.

26 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 67 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[20] = 38.8 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
24th percentile of 93 peers
Confidence
High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Union County 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

Union County Police Department: 34.314 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 51st 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%

37th percentileof 93 peers

126.6 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%

51st percentileof 93 peers

34.3 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%

22nd percentileof 93 peers

1.77 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.[21] How each metric is defined.
This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
MetricValueRank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025144.4137th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations20252690th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents20252381st of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025387th of 282 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30$1,65192nd of 163 municipal police

Major discipline records

0 major discipline records in 2025, down from 1 in 2020 (-100%).
Yearmajor discipline records
20201
20211
20221
20230
20240
20250

0 major discipline records in 2025, down from 1 in 2020 (-100%).

Major discipline records reported by Union County Police Department, 2020-2025
YearOfficerRankSanction as reportedSrc
2022Homero AlmanzarSgtDemotedSuspended 120 days[22]
2021Antonio CristofaroOfficerSuspended 15 days[23]
2020Homero AlmanzarSergeantSuspended 8 days[24]

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)

Three records in the Fatal Encounters dataset name Union County Police Department, spanning 2000 through 2016. The force labels, as recorded by the project, are Vehicle in two, and Gunshot in one. Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced journalism project that documented deaths occurring during police encounters of any kind, including vehicle pursuits, deaths in police presence, and medical emergencies. A record is not a finding of fault against the agency or any officer, and it is not connected to the Attorney General discipline records elsewhere on this page. The project stopped collecting in December 2021, so the dataset is frozen and nothing after that date appears here.

Fatal Encounters is an independent, crowdsourced dataset that documented deaths during police encounters nationwide from 2000 until its collection ended in December 2021.[3] 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 County 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.

  • Jeffrey Oakley

    July 9, 2016 · Elizabeth · Highest level of force as recorded: Vehicle

  • Eric D. Yeadon

    July 8, 2004 · Cranford · Highest level of force as recorded: Vehicle

  • Naquan Supreme Perry

    October 27, 2000 · Union · Highest level of force as recorded: Gunshot

Public records requests

No records-request history is shown for this department. OPRAmachine, an independent site that files and publishes Open Public Records Act requests, has no public body that confidently matches this department, so this site does not assert one. That does not mean nobody has requested records from it. (Checked against a snapshot of OPRAmachine taken 12 July 2026.) See the methodology for how the match is made.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Union County Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

Union County Police Department named 18 officers in internal affairs cases in 2025 and reported 26 investigations, a rate of 144.4 per 100 officers. The Union County median was 137 and the statewide municipal median 125.9. Sitting over both can mean more misconduct or a department that documents more of the complaints it takes in. Of the 26 investigations detailed for 2025, 11 reported sustained complaints. Demeanor led the allegation categories, with Other Departmental Rule Violation and Assault also recorded. Three major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2021 and 2022. Union County Police Department received a B on the report card, at the 24th percentile among 93 peers in the 60+ officers group, a high-confidence grade.

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

Union County Police Department reported 26 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 18 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

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

Union County 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.

How many officers does Union County Police Department have?

Union County Police Department reported 67 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 10.4% of them female. 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 County Police Department received through the 1033 program?

Union County Police Department received 7 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 2017 and 2019, with a total recorded value of $110,626 (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 Union County Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for Union County Police Department under the 1033 program totals $110,626 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $110,626 is in categories this site classes as tactical (7 of 7 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 County Police Department?

The independent Fatal Encounters dataset contains 3 records naming Union County Police Department, from 2000 through 2016. 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.

Sources

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