Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

David Funcasta

West New York Police Department · 1 record · 2024

About this data

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Other sanction

Rank as reported: Sergeant
Sustained charge(s): Supervisory Officers - Authority and Responsibility
Separated while IA pending: not reported

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $158,861
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 12 years, 3 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.

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/. ↩