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George Henderson

Caldwell Police Department · 1 record · 2024

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Lieutenant
Sustained charge(s)
Violation of Departmental Policy and Procedures and Rules and Regulations
Separated while IA pending
No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

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Base salary (pension basis)
$173,769
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
23 years, 10 months

How to read this

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Sources

  1. [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. [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/.