In October 2022, Sergeant Christopher Coupe responded to a residence in the borough and learned of multiple warrants on an individual present. Coupe took no action, directed the officers under his supervision to take none, and said he was not going to deal with the warrants, and all officers left the scene without acting. The Mount Arlington Boro PD sustained charges of neglect of duty, failure to properly supervise subordinates, failure to take police action, and repeated violations of rules and regulations. Coupe was suspended for 30 days without pay.
Charges stem from an incident in which Sgt Coupe responded to a residence in the borough in October 2022. During the course of this incident, knowledge of multiple warrants on an individual in question came to Sgt Coupe's attention. Not only did Sgt Coupe take no action, nor direct the officers under his supervision to take action, instead he directed them to take no action and made remarks that he was not going to deal with the warrants. All officers left the left the scene without taking appropriate police action. This investigation resulted in the following sustained charges against Sgt Coupe: , Failure to Properly Supervise Subordinates, Failure to Take Police Action, Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations. Sgt Coupe was suspended for 30 days without pay.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Christopher Coupe, Mount Arlington Borough Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/christopher-coupe-mount-arlington-boro-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Christopher Coupe's major discipline record?
In October 2022, Sergeant Christopher Coupe responded to a residence in the borough and learned of multiple warrants on an individual present. Coupe took no action, directed the officers under his supervision to take none, and said he was not going to deal with the warrants, and all officers left the scene without acting. The Mount Arlington Boro PD sustained charges of neglect of duty, failure to properly supervise subordinates, failure to take police action, and repeated violations of rules and regulations. Coupe was suspended for 30 days without pay.
What is Christopher Coupe's major discipline record at Mount Arlington Borough Police Department?
Christopher Coupe has one major discipline record at Mount Arlington Borough Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Christopher Coupe's pension on record?
Christopher Coupe's reported monthly pension allowance is $5,586.00, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Christopher Coupe has 20 years, 6 months of reported service.
How large is Mount Arlington Borough Police Department, the department Christopher Coupe worked for?
Mount Arlington Borough Police Department reported 15 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Christopher Coupe individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1831. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 337495 (member 44310530), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8491. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩