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William Paterson University Police Department

Reported as: William Paterson University PDMunicipal police

Jurisdiction context

Civil service status not verified

We could not match this agency to the NJCSC roster with confidence. Whether the Title 4A framework applies here is not asserted either way.

See the context on non-civil-service departments.

Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.

In brief

William Paterson University Police Department reported three internal affairs investigations in 2025, with three officers named. The rate of 100 per 100 officers sits below the Passaic County median of 125 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Sustained complaints are not reported among the three investigations detailed for 2025. Demeanor was the only allegation category logged, and allegations are not findings.

No major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, and the absence of records is not a finding. William Paterson University PD received an A on the report card, at the 12th percentile among 171 peers in the 15-29 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

3[1]

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

IA investigations, 2025

3[1]

Incidents, 2025

3[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

26[4]

17 years reported

26 sworn officers in 2025, holding roughly steady.
Yearsworn officers
200825
200928
201031
201129
201223
201330
201430
201529
201629
201732
201829
201929
202027
202126
202225
202326
2024not reported
202526

Civilian employees, 2025

6[5]

0.23 per sworn officer

Female sworn officers, 2025

4[6]

15.4% of sworn officers

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

How William Paterson University 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
18–2027
20–2217
22–2426
24–2624
26–2816
28–3019

William Paterson University Police Department: 26 sworn officers: 81st 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

No median officer salary is published for William Paterson University 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 Passaic County pay page.

Military surplus equipment (1033 program)

No 1033 transfers recorded. No surplus-equipment transfers appear for this agency under a high-confidence name match in the Defense Logistics Agency's file as of 2026-06-30. That can mean the agency received nothing through the program, or that a recipient name in the federal file did not confidently match this department. See the methodology for how the match is made, or the statewide 1033 overview for how the program spreads across New Jersey.

Internal affairs investigations by year

counts

Internal affairs investigations reported by William Paterson University Police Department, by year
Categorycounts
20216
20226
20232
20243
20253

Incidents

3 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by William Paterson University Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20216
20226
20232
20243
20253

Officers on IA rows

3 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for William Paterson University Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
2021not reported
2022not reported
2023not reported
20243
20253
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 William Paterson University Police Department, by year
Yearshare of total
20210
202216.667
20230
20240
20250

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 3 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by William Paterson University Police Department, 2025
Demeanor3
AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Demeanor

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by William Paterson University Police Department, 2025
Administratively Closed2
not provided1

Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Demeanor

7 of 20

Demeanor allegations reported by William Paterson University Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20222
20230
20242
20253

Other Departmental Rule Violation

5 of 20

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by William Paterson University Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20213
20220
20231
20241
20250

Differential Treatment

3 of 20

Differential Treatment allegations reported by William Paterson University Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20212
20221
20230
20240
20250

Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)

2 of 20

Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) allegations reported by William Paterson University Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20210
20221
20231
20240
20250

Other (3 categories)

3 of 20

Other (3 categories) allegations reported by William Paterson University Police Department, by year
Yearcounts
20211
20222
20230
20240
20250

Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →
Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
William Paterson University Police Department100.0
County median, municipal police (17)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.

3 investigations reported for 2025[1] ÷ 26 sworn officers the department reported to the FBI for 2025[18] = 11.5 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 A: Lowest fifth of peers

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing
12th percentile of 171 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 William Paterson University Police Department's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.

Peer group: Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=171)

Discipline severity: Municipal police, 15-29 officers
RangeAgencies
0–50120
50–10024
100–15015
150–2007
200–2503
250–3002

William Paterson University Police Department: 0 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 25th percentile among Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=171).

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%

13th percentileof 171 peers

104.0 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%

25th percentileof 171 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%

64th percentileof 171 peers

2.16 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.[19] How each metric is defined.
This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
MetricValueRank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025100.0322nd of 445 municipal police
IA investigations20253348th of 445 municipal police
IA incidents20253333rd of 445 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.

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 William Paterson University Police Department's internal affairs and discipline record?

William Paterson University Police Department reported three internal affairs investigations in 2025, with three officers named. The rate of 100 per 100 officers sits below the Passaic County median of 125 and the 125.9 statewide municipal median. Sustained complaints are not reported among the three investigations detailed for 2025. Demeanor was the only allegation category logged, and allegations are not findings. No major discipline records appear in the 2020-2025 releases, and the absence of records is not a finding. William Paterson University PD received an A on the report card, at the 12th percentile among 171 peers in the 15-29 officers group, a medium-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did William Paterson University Police Department report in 2025?

William Paterson University Police Department reported 3 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 3 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does William Paterson University Police Department have?

No major discipline records appear for William Paterson University 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 William Paterson University Police Department have?

William Paterson University Police Department reported 26 full-time sworn officers to the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census for 2025, 15.4% 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.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2462. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  2. [2]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every William Paterson University PD row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  3. [3]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.
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  11. [11]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2462. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
  12. [12]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 William Paterson University PD row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
  13. [13]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 William Paterson University PD row for 2021. ↩
  14. [14]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 William Paterson University PD row for 2022. ↩
  15. [15]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 William Paterson University PD row for 2023. ↩
  16. [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 William Paterson University PD row for 2024. ↩
  17. [17]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 William Paterson University PD row for 2025. ↩
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  19. [19]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. ↩