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Edward Bajzath

Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 10 days2024 · as reported

Correctional Police Officer Edward Bajzath introduced a cellular telephone into the secure area of the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center while on duty, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office reported. Bajzath was suspended for 10 days in 2024. Sustained charges included neglect of duty and inattentiveness to duty.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
(a) 1 – , or Failure to Perform Duties (a) 7 – (a) 11 – Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations Prohibited Activity on Duty Inattentiveness to Duty Personal Cell Phones/Employee Personal Property
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Correctional Police Officer Edward Bajzath, while on duty at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center, introduced a cellular telephone into the secure area of the BCCRC.

Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.

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Other officers at Bergen County Sheriff's Department

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

All 35 at the Bergen County Sheriff's Department page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Cite this page

Police Transparency NJ, "Edward Bajzath, Bergen County Sheriff's Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/edward-bajzath-bergen-co-sheriffs-dept/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Edward Bajzath's major discipline record?

Correctional Police Officer Edward Bajzath introduced a cellular telephone into the secure area of the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center while on duty, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office reported. Bajzath was suspended for 10 days in 2024. Sustained charges included neglect of duty and inattentiveness to duty.

What is Edward Bajzath's major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department?

Edward Bajzath has one major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 863. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩