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Ridgefield Park Police Department · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 30 days2021 · as reported
In 2021, Ridgefield Park PD reported that Sgt. Baker neglected his duty at the scene of a motor vehicle accident. The sustained charges were failure to give suitable attention to the performance of duty and failure to supervise. Baker received a 30 day suspension.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sgt. Baker neglected his duty at the scene of a significant motor vehicle accident.
Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.
Dale Madan · Ridgefield Park Police Department · 2024
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive Force
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Dale Madan · Ridgefield Park Police Department · 2023
Suspended 4 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive Force
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Raymond Sosa · Aberdeen Township Police Department · 2021
Suspended 19 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Kevin Craig · Absecon City Police Department · 2021
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Performance of Duty
same year · similar sanction outcome
Jonathan Diorio · Asbury Park Police Department · 2021
Suspended 52 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]
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Police Transparency NJ, "Albert Baker, Ridgefield Park Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/albert-baker-ridgefield-park-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
In 2021, Ridgefield Park PD reported that Sgt. Baker neglected his duty at the scene of a motor vehicle accident. The sustained charges were failure to give suitable attention to the performance of duty and failure to supervise. Baker received a 30 day suspension.
Albert Baker has one major discipline record at Ridgefield Park Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Albert Baker's reported monthly pension allowance is $9,713.45, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Albert Baker has 37 years, 11 months of reported service.
Ridgefield Park Police Department reported 37 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Albert Baker individually.