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Darrin Dewitt

Hackensack Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Captain Darrin DeWitt was suspended for 10 days by the Hackensack Police Department. On August 16, 2022, DeWitt addressed officers at a 06:00 lineup and made unprofessional remarks about a former and a current employee of the City of Hackensack. After appeal, the charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient causes were sustained on May 21, 2025. DeWitt also received a loss of time.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Captain (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
(a)6: a public employee (a)12: Other sufficient causes
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On August 16, 2022, Captain Darrin DeWitt responded to lineup at 06:00 hours where he addressed officers leaving and arriving for their tour of duty. Captain DeWitt proceeded to make unprofessional remarks regarding a former and current employee of the City of Hackensack in violation of (a)6: a public employee and (a)12: Other sufficient causes. After appeal, on May 21, 2025, Captain DeWitt was sustained on the aforementioned charges. Captain DeWitt was suspended for ten (10) days

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AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

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Other officers at Hackensack Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$201,123
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
21 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 Darrin Dewitt's major discipline record?

Captain Darrin DeWitt was suspended for 10 days by the Hackensack Police Department. On August 16, 2022, DeWitt addressed officers at a 06:00 lineup and made unprofessional remarks about a former and a current employee of the City of Hackensack. After appeal, the charges of conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient causes were sustained on May 21, 2025. DeWitt also received a loss of time.

What is Darrin Dewitt's major discipline record at Hackensack Police Department?

Darrin Dewitt has one major discipline record at Hackensack Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Darrin Dewitt's base salary on record?

Darrin Dewitt's reported base salary is $201,123, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Darrin Dewitt has 21 years, 8 months of reported service.

How large is Hackensack Police Department, the department Darrin Dewitt worked for?

Hackensack Police Department reported 105 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Darrin Dewitt individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 76. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 224267, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8152. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩