Sergeant David Funcasta was disciplined by the West New York Police Department in 2024, with a penalty recorded as 10 days. The agency reported that officers responded to a call for service but were unable to enter the building. Funcasta failed to supervise by not promptly responding to the call, despite knowing or having reason to know about a key that could have gained entry, which delayed contact with the caller who urgently needed assistance. The sustained charge concerned supervisory authority and responsibility.
Supervisory Officers - Authority and Responsibility
Separated while IA pending
not reported
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officers responded to a call for sevice but were unable to enter the building. Sgt. David Funcasta failed to supervise by not promptly responding to the call, despite knowing or should have known about existence of a key that could have gained entry, thereby delaying contact with the caller who urgently needed assistance.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Toward the Public, Body Worn Camera Policy, Standards of Conduct, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, Obedience to Laws and…
same agency
Carlos Moreno · West New York Police Department · 2022
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 David Funcasta's major discipline record?
Sergeant David Funcasta was disciplined by the West New York Police Department in 2024, with a penalty recorded as 10 days. The agency reported that officers responded to a call for service but were unable to enter the building. Funcasta failed to supervise by not promptly responding to the call, despite knowing or having reason to know about a key that could have gained entry, which delayed contact with the caller who urgently needed assistance. The sustained charge concerned supervisory authority and responsibility.
What is David Funcasta's major discipline record at West New York Police Department?
David Funcasta has one major discipline record at West New York Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is David Funcasta's base salary on record?
David Funcasta's reported base salary is $158,861, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. David Funcasta has 12 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is West New York Police Department, the department David Funcasta worked for?
West New York Police Department reported 137 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about David Funcasta individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1137. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 221035, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8349. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩