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West Milford Police Department

Reported as: West Milford PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service jurisdiction

Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to West Milford Township 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

Four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2024 and 2025, and terminations are not reported in them. West Milford PD received a B on the report card, at the 36th percentile among 110 peers in the 30-59 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

10^{^[1]}

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

IA investigations, 2025

14^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

14^{^[1]}

Major discipline records

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

44^{^[7]}

60 years reported

44 sworn officers in 2025, up from 14 in 1962 (+214%).
Year	sworn officers
1962	14
1963	not reported
1964	not reported
1965	not reported
1966	19
1967	not reported
1968	22
1969	22
1970	26
1971	30
1972	30
1973	34
1974	38
1975	37
1976	36
1977	36
1978	34
1979	36
1980	37
1981	37
1982	37
1983	37
1984	37
1985	39
1986	40
1987	39
1988	41
1989	41
1990	43
1991	43
1992	43
1993	43
1994	41
1995	42
1996	44
1997	46
1998	48
1999	48
2000	48
2001	48
2002	48
2003	47
2004	45
2005	46
2006	48
2007	49
2008	48
2009	45
2010	40
2011	44
2012	43
2013	49
2014	44
2015	43
2016	44
2017	44
2018	43
2019	43
2020	45
2021	44
2022	45
2023	47
2024	47
2025	44

Civilian employees, 2025

7^{^[8]}

0.16 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

4^{^[9]}

9.1% of sworn officers

Officers per 1,000 residents, 2025

1.76^{^[10]}

Municipal departments only

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

How West Milford 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, 30-59 officers (n=111)

Sworn officers: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
Range	Agencies
30–35	38
35–40	27
40–45	15
45–50	14
50–55	10
55–60	7

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West Milford Police Department: 44 sworn officers: 70th percentile among Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=111).

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 43 active West Milford Police Department officers in the file.

Median officer salary

$100,865^{^[3]}

43 active officers

Median local school staff

$94,360

WEST MILFORD TOWNSHIP BD OF ED, 326 TPAF members

Against the local district

1.07x

Median officer to median local school staff

Against the county

1.12x

Median officer to Passaic 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 "WEST MILFORD 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 Passaic County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

In brief

Written by this site from the figures below.

West Milford Police Department received 52 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the federal military surplus program between 1998 and 2024. The total recorded value is $282,064 in original Department of Defense acquisition cost rather than current or market value, of which $236,832 falls in categories this site classes as tactical. Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled led at $150,000, followed by Optical sighting and ranging equipment at $50,160 across 23 line items and Miscellaneous communication equipment at $45,233. These are transfers received across many years, 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

$282,064^{^[2]}

Original DoD cost, not market value

Tactical equipment value

$236,832^{^[2]}

51 of 52 line items classed tactical

Transfer window

1998-2024^{^[2]}

Earliest to latest recorded ship date

Quantities received, by unit of issue: 144 items (Each); 1 (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 West Milford Police Department, by recorded value (original DoD acquisition cost, dollars)
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled	150,000 tactical
Optical sighting and ranging equipment	50,160 tactical
Miscellaneous communication equipment	45,233 mundane
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation	26,104 tactical
Guns, through 30mm	10,568 tactical

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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 West Milford Police Department, grouped tactical vs mundane
Category	Class	Line items	Quantity received	Recorded value (original cost)
Trucks and truck tractors, wheeledMilitary trucks · FSC 2320	Tactical	1	1 items (Each)	$150,000
Optical sighting and ranging equipmentWeapon optics and sights · FSC 1240	Tactical	23	29 items (Each); 1 (Kit)	$50,160
Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiationNight vision and thermal imaging · FSC 5855	Tactical	13	24 items (Each)	$26,104
Guns, through 30mmWeapons · FSC 1005	Tactical	14	70 items (Each)	$10,568
Miscellaneous communication equipmentCommunications and electronics · FSC 5895	Mundane	1	20 items (Each)	$45,233

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1033 program transfers recorded for West Milford Police Department, as recorded by the Defense Logistics Agency
Item	Category	Qty	Recorded valueOriginal DoD cost	Ship date	DEMIL
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
OPTICAL SIGHTING AND RANGING EQUIPMENTNSN 1240-DS-OPT-SIGHShipped 2024-04-04 · DEMIL C	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$1,013	2024-04-04	C
UP ARMORED NTVSNSN 2320-DS-NTV-UARMShipped 2023-06-15 · DEMIL C	Trucks and truck tractors, wheeled Tactical	1 Each	$150,000	2023-06-15	C
SIGHT,HOLOGRAPHICNSN 1240-01-561-6317Shipped 2022-12-20 · DEMIL D	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	2 Each	$11,182	2022-12-20	D
RANGE FINDER,LASERNSN 1240-01-617-4930Shipped 2022-12-20 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$100	2022-12-20	Q
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
IMAGE INTENSIFIER,NIGHT VISIONNSN 5855-01-527-7098Shipped 2022-10-11 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	1 Each	$1,277	2022-10-11	D
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-576-6134Shipped 2022-09-02 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	3 Each	$1,767	2022-09-02	Q
ILLUMINATOR,INTEGRATED,SMALL ARMSNSN 5855-01-535-6166Shipped 2022-09-02 · DEMIL D	Night vision equipment, emitted and reflected radiation Tactical	12 Each	$10,776	2022-09-02	D
KIT,CONVERSION,M16-NSN 1005-99-132-2616Shipped 2022-05-26 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	15 Each	$6,230	2022-05-26	D
MAGAZINE,CARTRIDGENSN 1005-01-561-7200Shipped 2022-05-06 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	43 Each	$695	2022-05-06	D
RANGE FINDER,LASERNSN 1240-01-666-5875Shipped 2022-05-03 · DEMIL D	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$12,540	2022-05-03	D
SIGHT,INFINITYNSN 1240-01-619-6554Shipped 2022-05-03 · DEMIL D	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Kit	$2,643	2022-05-03	D
SIGHT,INFINITYNSN 1240-01-610-4844Shipped 2022-05-03 · DEMIL D	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$2,521	2022-05-03	D
SIGHT,INFINITYNSN 1240-01-610-4844Shipped 2022-04-20 · DEMIL D	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	1 Each	$2,521	2022-04-20	D
CONSOLE,COMMUNICATION CONTROLNSN 5895-22-629-7500Shipped 2022-03-11 · DEMIL Q	Miscellaneous communication equipment Mundane	20 Each	$45,233	2022-03-11	Q
SIGHT,REFLEXNSN 1240-01-411-1265Shipped 2015-07-31 · DEMIL Q	Optical sighting and ranging equipment Tactical	5 Each	$1,695	2015-07-31	Q
SHOTGUN,12 GAGE,RIOT TYPENSN 1005-00-921-5483Shipped 1999-03-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$108	1999-03-20	D
SHOTGUN,12 GAGE,RIOT TYPENSN 1005-00-921-5483Shipped 1999-03-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$108	1999-03-20	D
SHOTGUN,12 GAGE,RIOT TYPENSN 1005-00-921-5483Shipped 1999-03-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$108	1999-03-20	D
SHOTGUN,12 GAGE,RIOT TYPENSN 1005-00-921-5483Shipped 1999-03-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$108	1999-03-20	D
SHOTGUN,12 GAGE,RIOT TYPENSN 1005-00-921-5483Shipped 1999-03-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$108	1999-03-20	D
SHOTGUN,12 GAGE,RIOT TYPENSN 1005-00-921-5483Shipped 1999-03-20 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$108	1999-03-20	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1998-06-25 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1998-06-25	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1998-06-25 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1998-06-25	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1998-06-25 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1998-06-25	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1998-06-25 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1998-06-25	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1998-06-25 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1998-06-25	D
RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETERNSN 1005-00-073-9421Shipped 1998-06-25 · DEMIL D	Guns, through 30mm Tactical	1 Each	$499	1998-06-25	D

52 of 52 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.

West Milford Police Department received $5,383 of tactical 1033 equipment value per sworn officer (original cost, divided by its latest FBI-reported staffing): the 92nd percentile among municipal police agencies of similar size (30-59 officers, n=112).

Peer group: Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=112)

Tactical 1033 value per sworn officer: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
Range	Agencies
0–5000	103
5000–10000	3
10000–15000	1
15000–20000	3
20000–25000	1

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West Milford Police Department: 5,383 dollars of tactical 1033 acquisition value per sworn officer: 92nd percentile among Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=112).

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 West Milford Police Department, by year
Category	counts
2021	19
2022	17
2023	8
2024	16
2025	14

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Incidents

14 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by West Milford Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	18
2022	17
2023	8
2024	16
2025	14

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Officers on IA rows

14 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for West Milford Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	16
2025	14

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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 West Milford Police Department, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	35.294
2023	62.5
2024	25
2025	42.857

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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 14 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by West Milford Police Department, 2025
Demeanor	4
Differential Treatment	3
Preventable MV Accident	3
Attendance Issues	1
Neglect of Duty	1
Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)	1
BWC/MVR Violation	1

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Demeanor · Differential Treatment · Preventable MV Accident · Attendance Issues · Neglect of Duty · Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) · BWC/MVR Violation

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by West Milford Police Department, 2025
Sustained	6
Exonerated	4
Unfounded	3
Not Sustained	1

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Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Demeanor

17 of 74

Demeanor allegations reported by West Milford Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	5
2022	3
2023	0
2024	5
2025	4

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Other Departmental Rule Violation

16 of 74

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by West Milford Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	10
2022	3
2023	1
2024	2
2025	0

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Differential Treatment

11 of 74

Differential Treatment allegations reported by West Milford Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	3
2022	1
2023	2
2024	2
2025	3

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Preventable MV Accident

11 of 74

Preventable MV Accident allegations reported by West Milford Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	3
2023	1
2024	4
2025	3

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Other (9 categories)

19 of 74

Other (9 categories) allegations reported by West Milford Police Department, by year
Year	counts
2021	1
2022	7
2023	4
2024	3
2025	4

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Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →

Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
West Milford Police Department	140.0
County median, municipal police (17)	125.0
NJ median, municipal police (445)	125.9

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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.

14 investigations reported for 2025^[1] ÷ 44 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025^[22] = 31.8 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: 36th percentile of 110 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 West Milford Police Department's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.

Peer group: Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=110)

Discipline severity: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
Range	Agencies
0–50	73
50–100	25
100–150	4
150–200	6
200–250	1
250–300	1

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West Milford Police Department: 62.5 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 78th percentile among Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=110).

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%

28th percentileof 110 peers

115.8 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%

78th percentileof 110 peers

62.5 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%

21st percentileof 110 peers

1.82 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
Metric	Value	Rank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025	140.0	158th of 445 municipal police
IA investigations2025	14	162nd of 445 municipal police
IA incidents2025	14	127th of 445 municipal police
Major discipline2020-2025	4	58th of 282 municipal police
Militarization Indexas of 2026-06-30	$5,383	48th of 163 municipal police
Sworn per 1,000 residentslatest reported census year	1.76	380th of 460 municipal police
Police pay vs school paypension snapshot 2026-03-31	1.12x	327th of 415 municipal police
OPRA requests recordedOPRAmachine, 2017 to present	12	360th of 458 municipal police

Major discipline records

1 major discipline records in 2025, up from 0 in 2020.
Year	major discipline records
2020	0
2021	0
2022	0
2023	2
2024	1
2025	1

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

Major discipline records reported by West Milford Police Department, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2025	Thomas Valente	Lieutenant	Separated while IA pending	^[24]
2024	James McMahon Jr.	Officer	Suspended 6 days	^[25]
2023	James Fulton	Officer	Suspended 14 days	^[26]
2023	Jenna Bednarovsky	Officer	Suspended 60 days	^[27]

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 West Milford Township, the municipal records custodian, which also fields requests about permits, property, and code enforcement. Only the 12 requests whose subject line indicates it concerns the police department are counted below. The other 97 filed to West Milford Township are about something else and are not shown.

Police-related requests

12^{^[4]}

Identified by subject line, of 109 filed to West Milford Township

Most recent request

December 2025^{^[4]}

First recorded May 2020

Awaiting a response

9^{^[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 West Milford Township (requests)
Awaiting agency response	9
Requester reported success	2
Requester reported partial success	1

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Recent requests

The 12 most recent police-related requests to West Milford 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.

2025-12-15Awaiting agency response
2025-09-15Awaiting agency response
2025-01-31Requester reported success
2023-12-13Awaiting agency response
2023-08-31Awaiting agency response
2023-08-31Awaiting agency response
2021-04-20Requester reported success
2020-05-28Awaiting agency response
2020-05-28Awaiting agency response
2020-05-27Awaiting agency response
2020-05-27Requester reported partial success
2020-05-27Awaiting 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.

A member of the public requested: “Booking Report / Arrest Log”
2025-12-15 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “BWC Footage”
2025-09-15 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “36 Chatham road fire/police records”
2025-01-31 · Requester reported success
A member of the public requested: “Requesting MVA & DUI reports”
2023-12-13 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Invoice of Body Camera Purchase in the Police Department”
2023-08-31 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Purchase order history for the police department from 2020 - 2023”
2023-08-31 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “Civilian Review Board/Police Advisory Boards”
2021-04-20 · Requester reported success
A member of the public requested: “OPRA request - Use of force reports 2017-2019”
2020-05-28 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “OPRA: Payroll record 2012-2019 in the police department”
2020-05-28 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “OPRA: police officer-involved lawsuits 2012-2019”
2020-05-27 · Awaiting agency response
A member of the public requested: “OPRA: Purchase invoice of body worn cameras for the police department”
2020-05-27 · Requester reported partial success
A member of the public requested: “OPRA: Purchase order history for the police department from 2012 to 2019”
2020-05-27 · Awaiting agency response

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 West Milford 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 West Milford 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 West Milford Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

West Milford Police Department reported 14 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 10 officers. At 140 per 100 officers, the rate outpaced both the Passaic County median of 125 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median; more complaints on the books can mean more misconduct or a department that keeps a fuller record. Six of the 14 investigations detailed for 2025 reported sustained complaints. Demeanor was the leading allegation category, with Differential Treatment and Preventable MV Accident next. Four major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2024 and 2025, and terminations are not reported in them. West Milford PD received a B on the report card, at the 36th percentile among 110 peers in the 30-59 officers group, a medium-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did West Milford Police Department report in 2025?

West Milford Police Department reported 14 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 10 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does West Milford Police Department have?

West Milford Police Department has 4 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 West Milford Police Department have?

West Milford Police Department reported 44 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 9.1% of them female. That is 1.76 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 West Milford Police Department received through the 1033 program?

West Milford Police Department received 52 recorded line items of surplus military equipment through the Defense Department's 1033 program between 1998 and 2024, with a total recorded value of $282,064 (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 West Milford Police Department received?

The surplus equipment recorded for West Milford Police Department under the 1033 program totals $282,064 in original DoD acquisition cost, of which $236,832 is in categories this site classes as tactical (51 of 52 line items). These are original-cost figures at the time of transfer, not current or market value.

What does West Milford Police Department pay its officers compared with local school staff?

The median pensionable salary for the 43 active West Milford Police Department officers in the NJ Treasury pension file is $100,865. The median for the 326 TPAF-enrolled staff at WEST MILFORD TOWNSHIP BD OF ED is $94,360, a ratio of 1.07x. Against the Passaic County school-staff median the ratio is 1.12x. 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]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2461. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[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]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]Records-request activity for West Milford Township. OPRAmachine (opramachine.com), an independent public-records platform. Publicly visible requests only. Point-in-time snapshot taken 2026-07-12 from a database export dated 2026-07-11. Not updated after that date; see opramachine.com for current activity. ↩
[5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every West Milford PD row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[6]New Jersey county boundaries. New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS). NJ_Counties_3857 (FeatureServer layer 0), https://services2.arcgis.com/XVOqAjTOJ5P6ngMu/arcgis/rest/services/NJ_Counties_3857/FeatureServer/0. 2020 boundary delineation. Retrieved 2026-07-27. Boundaries are generalized for display. This data set is not a survey document and must not be used as such. The polygons do not represent legal boundaries.
[7]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8553. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[8]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8553. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[9]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8553. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[10]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8553. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[11]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 421. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[12]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1442. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[13]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1950. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[14]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 925. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[15]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2461. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[16]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 West Milford PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
[17]New Jersey Internal Affairs Data Download, 2021-2023. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. Aggregated from every West Milford PD row for 2021. ↩
[18]New Jersey Internal Affairs Data Download, 2021-2023. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. Aggregated from every West Milford PD row for 2022. ↩
[19]New Jersey Internal Affairs Data Download, 2021-2023. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. Aggregated from every West Milford PD row for 2023. ↩
[20]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 West Milford PD row for 2024. ↩
[21]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 West Milford PD row for 2025. ↩
[22]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8553. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩
[23]Ranks computed by this site over the Attorney General internal affairs agency totals and major discipline releases, within agency type. Each ranking page lists every agency and its source rows. ↩
[24]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 515. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[25]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1261. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[26]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1860. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[27]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1861. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩