Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
While on duty at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center and supervising inmate video visits, Correctional Police Officer Daniel Olmedo used his smartwatch to send text messages to the sibling of an inmate on an active video visit. Olmedo provided that sibling with information specific to the internal operations of the facility and sent voice messages to the same person while on duty. On another date, he failed to investigate the smell of tobacco smoke in his assigned housing unit. The agency suspended Olmedo for 124 days in 2025.
(a) 1 - , or Failure to Perform Duties (a) 6 - a Public Employee (a) 7 - (a) 12 - Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations Standards of Conduct Performance of Duty Fraternization Unbecoming Conduct All Other Conduct Prohibited Activity on Duty Inattentiveness to Duty Employee Entrance and Personal Property Personal Sell Phones/Employee Personal Property
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Correctional Police Officer Daniel Olmedo, while on duty at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center (BCCRC), and supervising inmate video visits, sent text messages utilizing his smartwatch, while inside the facility, to the sibling of an inmate that was on an active video visit. Additionally, Officer Olmedo provided the sibling of the incarcerated inmate with information specific to the internal operations of the BCCRC, along with sending voice messages to the same individual while on duty at the BCCRC. On another date, Officer Olmedo failed to investigate the smell of tobacco smoke in the housing unit he was assigned to.
Compensation and pension
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Daniel Olmedo's major discipline record?
While on duty at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center and supervising inmate video visits, Correctional Police Officer Daniel Olmedo used his smartwatch to send text messages to the sibling of an inmate on an active video visit. Olmedo provided that sibling with information specific to the internal operations of the facility and sent voice messages to the same person while on duty. On another date, he failed to investigate the smell of tobacco smoke in his assigned housing unit. The agency suspended Olmedo for 124 days in 2025.
What is Daniel Olmedo's major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department?
Daniel Olmedo has one major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Daniel Olmedo's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Daniel Olmedo at Bergen County Sheriff's Department.
How does Bergen County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the second-highest fifth of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Daniel Olmedo individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 64. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩