Suspended 8 daysmost recent record, 2024 · as reported
Madan has 2 sustained major discipline records from Ridgefield Park PD, spanning 2023 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Excessive Force; Excessive Force.
Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2024
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2 records, 2023 to 2024
Major discipline records reported for Dale Madan, by year
Ridgefield Park PD reported that a review of body worn camera footage showed Sgt. Madan pushed a subject against the lobby doors of headquarters before conducting a search. The conduct violated the Attorney General's Use of Force Policy and the department's General Order on Use of Force. Madan received an 8 working day suspension and counseling.
Review of BWC showed that Sgt. Madan pushed a subject against the lobby doors of headquarters prior to conducting a search. The officer's conduct was a violation of the Attorney General's Use of Force Policy and the Ridgefield Park Police Department General Order on Use of Force. Sgt. Madan received an 8 working day suspension and counseling.
In 2023, Ridgefield Park PD reported that body worn camera footage showed Officer Madan threw a defendant onto a cot in a holding cell while the defendant was handcuffed. The conduct violated the Attorney General's Use of Force Policy and the department's General Order on Use of Force. Madan received a 4 working day suspension.
Review of BWC shows that Officer Madan threw defendant on to a cot in a holding cell while handcuffed. The officer's conduct was a violation of the Attorney General's Use of Force Policy and the Ridgefield Park Police Department General Order on Use of Force. Officer Madan received a 4 working day suspension.
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The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Dale Madan's major discipline record?
Madan has 2 sustained major discipline records from Ridgefield Park PD, spanning 2023 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Excessive Force; Excessive Force.
What is Dale Madan's major discipline record at Ridgefield Park Police Department?
Dale Madan has 2 major discipline records at Ridgefield Park Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Dale Madan's base salary on record?
Dale Madan's reported base salary is $169,051, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Dale Madan has 16 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Ridgefield Park Police Department, the department Dale Madan worked for?
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 Dale Madan individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 886. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1510. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 886. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 886, 1510. ↩
[4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 231555, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8179. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩