Saddle River PD reported that on October 24, 2023, Sgt. Golonek responded to a call for service and afterward entered inaccurate information in a police report and had a subordinate officer delete factual information from his report. Golonek also improperly viewed her body worn camera video to review and alter the subordinate officer's report and failed to notify third parties that they were being recorded. She received a 21 day suspension.
On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Sgt. Diana Golonek responded to a call for service. After the conclusion of this call, Sgt. Golonek entered inaccurate information in a police report and also had a subordinate officer delete factual information from his report. In addition, Sgt. Golonek improperly viewed her Body Worn Camera video to review and alter the report of the subordinate officer. Sgt. Golonek also failed to notify third parties that they were being recorded via Body Worn Camera.
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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Diana Golonek, Saddle River Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/diana-golonek-saddle-river-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Diana Golonek's major discipline record?
Saddle River PD reported that on October 24, 2023, Sgt. Golonek responded to a call for service and afterward entered inaccurate information in a police report and had a subordinate officer delete factual information from his report. Golonek also improperly viewed her body worn camera video to review and alter the subordinate officer's report and failed to notify third parties that they were being recorded. She received a 21 day suspension.
What is Diana Golonek's major discipline record at Saddle River Police Department?
Diana Golonek has one major discipline record at Saddle River Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Diana Golonek's base salary on record?
Diana Golonek's reported base salary is $159,797, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Diana Golonek has 12 years, 7 months of reported service.
How large is Saddle River Police Department, the department Diana Golonek worked for?
Saddle River Police Department reported 19 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Diana Golonek individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 84. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 238207, 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 8187. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩