Officer Charles Galbo III was suspended for 20 days by the Garfield Police Department. While off-duty at his residence on May 17, 2023, Galbo III failed to secure his off-duty firearm in a safe location, knowing that visitors would be present that day, and the firearm was subsequently stolen. The department reported that he failed to immediately report the theft and waited approximately eight hours to do so.
Failure to immediately report a Theft of a Firearm
Failure to safely secure a Firearm
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Galbo was off-duty on May 17, 2023. While at his residence he failed to secure his off-duty firearm in a safe location knowing that there would be visitors at his residence on that specific date. Due to failing to secure his off-duty firearm in a safe location, a theft of his off-duty firearm subsequently occurred. Officer Galbo also failed to immediately report the theft of his off-duty firearm immediately and waited approximately eight (8) hours to report the theft of his off-duty firearm. Officer Galbo was suspended for twenty (20) days.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Charles Galbo III's major discipline record?
Officer Charles Galbo III was suspended for 20 days by the Garfield Police Department. While off-duty at his residence on May 17, 2023, Galbo III failed to secure his off-duty firearm in a safe location, knowing that visitors would be present that day, and the firearm was subsequently stolen. The department reported that he failed to immediately report the theft and waited approximately eight hours to do so.
What is Charles Galbo III's major discipline record at Garfield Police Department?
Charles Galbo III has one major discipline record at Garfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Charles Galbo III's base salary on record?
Charles Galbo III's reported base salary is $56,492, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Charles Galbo III has 6 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Garfield Police Department, the department Charles Galbo III worked for?
Garfield Police Department reported 69 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Charles Galbo III individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1506. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 231877, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8150. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩