Plain-language summary (this site, across all records below)
Bell has 2 sustained major discipline records from Bergen Co Sheriffs Dept, spanning 2022 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: 4A:2-2.3(a)(1) Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming an Public Employee 4A:2-2.3(a)(7) Neglect of Duty 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other sufficient cause Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations Standards of Conduct Neglect of Duty Performance of Duty Unbecoming Conduct Reports and Bookings Prohibited Activity on Duty Inattentiveness to Duty; 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 – Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) 6 - Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 7 – Neglect of Duty 4A:2-2.3(a) 11 – Other Sufficient Cause Reports and Bookings Uniform Specifications Counts Logbook Post Checks and Inspections.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
While on duty at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center, Correctional Police Officer Everett Bell knowingly entered inaccurate and false entries on agency records, failed to conduct informal headcounts and post checks, and failed to adhere to the office's uniform specifications. The Bergen County Sheriffs Office suspended Bell for 90 days in 2024.
(a) 1 – , or Failure to Perform Duties (a) 6 - a Public Employee (a) 7 – (a) 11 – Reports and Bookings Uniform Specifications Counts Logbook Post Checks and Inspections
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Correctional Police Officer Everett Bell, while on duty at the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center, knowingly entered inaccurate and false entries on agency records, failed to conduct informal headcounts and post checks, and failed to adhere to the BCSO uniform specifications.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Everett Bell, while on duty, failed to properly conduct security checks and was found to be in possession of his cellphone inside the secured area of the Bergen County Jail, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office reported for 2022. Bell was suspended for 35 days.
(a)(1) , or Failure to Perform Duties (a)(6) an Public Employee (a)(7) (a)(12) Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations Standards of Conduct Performance of Duty Unbecoming Conduct Reports and Bookings Prohibited Activity on Duty Inattentiveness to Duty
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Bell, while on duty, failed to properly conduct security checks and was found to be in possession of his cellphone inside the secured area of the Bergen County Jail.
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.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Everett Bell's major discipline record?
Bell has 2 sustained major discipline records from Bergen Co Sheriffs Dept, spanning 2022 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: 4A:2-2.3(a)(1) Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming an Public Employee 4A:2-2.3(a)(7) Neglect of Duty 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other sufficient cause Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations Standards of Conduct Neglect of Duty Performance of Duty Unbecoming Conduct Reports and Bookings Prohibited Activity on Duty Inattentiveness to Duty; 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 – Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) 6 - Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 7 – Neglect of Duty 4A:2-2.3(a) 11 – Other Sufficient Cause Reports and Bookings Uniform Specifications Counts Logbook Post Checks and Inspections.
What is Everett Bell's major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department?
Everett Bell has 2 major discipline records at Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Everett Bell's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Everett Bell at Bergen County Sheriff's Department.
How does Bergen County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the second-highest fifth of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Everett Bell individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 862. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2047. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩