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Everett Bell

Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2 records · 2022, 2024

Suspended 90 daysmost recent record, 2024 · as reported

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.

Discipline timeline, 2022 to 2024

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2022 to 2024

Major discipline records reported for Everett Bell, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20221Suspension
20230No record published
20241Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 90 days

Plain-language summary

Written by 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.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
(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.

Major discipline · 2022[2]

Suspended 35 days

Plain-language summary

Written by 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.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
(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.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Edward Bajzath · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 – Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a) 7 – Neglect of Duty 4A:2-2.3(a) 11 – Other Sufficient

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Joseph Widovic · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Suspended 124 days

    Sustained charge(s): 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

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Tsiolas · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 – Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a) 3 – Inability to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a) 7 – Neglect

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Fred Rivera · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): 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

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Fred Rivera · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 – Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a) 3 – Inability to Perform Duties N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) 6

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

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.

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.

Sources

  1. [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. [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.
  3. [3]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. The timeline counts rows 862, 2047.