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Dale Madan

Ridgefield Park Police Department · 2 records · 2023, 2024

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

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2023 to 2024

Major discipline records reported for Dale Madan, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20231Suspension
20241Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 8 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

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.

Rank as reported
Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Excessive Force
Other sanction
Training coaching or counseling
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Major discipline · 2023[2]

Suspended 4 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

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.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Excessive Force
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • David Paige · Newark Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Excessive Force, Disobedience of Orders

    same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Sean Abrusci · Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 4 days

    Sustained charge(s): Excessive Force

    same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Rathjen · Burlington County Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 55 days

    Sustained charge(s): Excessive force

    similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • John Bocchino · East Orange Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Excessive force

    similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Samuel Gonzalez · Newark Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, & Excessive Force

    similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Ridgefield Park Police Department

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$169,051
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
16 years, 8 months

How to read this

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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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/.