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Brian Sobczak

Elmwood Park Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Separated while IA pending2025 · as reported

Officer Brian Sobczak resigned from the Elmwood Park Police Department while an internal affairs investigation was pending. On November 27th, 2024, Sobczak was involved in an on-duty preventable motor vehicle accident, and during the on-scene investigation he provided false information to his supervisor and to the officer completing the report regarding how the accident occurred. Charges were sustained for false reports, truthfulness, and rules and regulations violations, and Sobczak admitted to his conduct.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Separated while IA pending
Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • False Reports
  • Truthfulness
  • and Rules and Regulations violations
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Brian Sobczak resigned while Internal Affairs Investigation still pending. Charges were sustained for False Reports, Truthfulness, and rules and regulations violations. On November 27th, 2024, Police Officer Brian Sobczak was involved in an on-duty preventable motor vehicle accident. During the on-scene investigation, Officer Sobczak provided false information to his supervisor and the officer completing the report regarding how the accident occurred. Officer Sobczak admitted to his conduct.

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  • Eliseo Medrano · Elmwood Park Police Department · 2025

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    same agency · same year

  • Kamil Warraich · Asbury Park Police Department · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): See description

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  • Michelle Shikhman · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a)6 - Conduct unbecoming a public employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 11 – Other Sufficient Cause Code of Ethics Obedience to Laws and Rules and

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  • Michelle Shikhman · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a)6 - Conduct unbecoming a public employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 11 – Other Sufficient Cause Code of Ethics Standards of Conduct Performance

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Elmwood Park Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Brian Sobczak's major discipline record?

Officer Brian Sobczak resigned from the Elmwood Park Police Department while an internal affairs investigation was pending. On November 27th, 2024, Sobczak was involved in an on-duty preventable motor vehicle accident, and during the on-scene investigation he provided false information to his supervisor and to the officer completing the report regarding how the accident occurred. Charges were sustained for false reports, truthfulness, and rules and regulations violations, and Sobczak admitted to his conduct.

What is Brian Sobczak's major discipline record at Elmwood Park Police Department?

Brian Sobczak has one major discipline record at Elmwood Park Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is Elmwood Park Police Department, the department Brian Sobczak worked for?

Elmwood Park Police Department reported 61 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Brian Sobczak individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 73. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8140. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.