Caldwell Police Department Lieutenant George Henderson received a 10-day suspension in 2024 for violating departmental policy and procedures and rules and regulations. As shift supervisor on October 17, 2022, Henderson failed to handle a domestic violence incident according to department policy and New Jersey Attorney General Guidelines. Despite being informed of the nature of the incident, he did not mandate the arrest of the subject, allowed the case to be treated as a crisis incident, and omitted the necessary domestic violence paperwork.
Violation of Departmental Policy and Procedures and Rules and Regulations
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On October 17, 2022, Lt. Henderson, as shift supervisor, failed to handle a domestic violence incident according to both department policy and New Jersey Attorney General Guidelines. Despite being informed of the nature of the incident, he did not mandate the arrest of the subject, allowed the case to be treated as a crisis incident, and omitted the necessary domestic violence paperwork.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of George Henderson's major discipline record?
Caldwell Police Department Lieutenant George Henderson received a 10-day suspension in 2024 for violating departmental policy and procedures and rules and regulations. As shift supervisor on October 17, 2022, Henderson failed to handle a domestic violence incident according to department policy and New Jersey Attorney General Guidelines. Despite being informed of the nature of the incident, he did not mandate the arrest of the subject, allowed the case to be treated as a crisis incident, and omitted the necessary domestic violence paperwork.
What is George Henderson's major discipline record at Caldwell Police Department?
George Henderson has one major discipline record at Caldwell Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is George Henderson's base salary on record?
George Henderson's reported base salary is $173,769, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. George Henderson has 23 years, 10 months of reported service.
How large is Caldwell Police Department, the department George Henderson worked for?
Caldwell Police Department reported 22 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about George Henderson individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1056. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 235138, 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 8288. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩