Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

James Cappello

Wanaque Borough Police Department · 1 record · 2022

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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 20 days

Rank as reported: Ptl.
Sustained charge(s): , , or failure to perform duties,
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

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

Patrolman James Cappello was suspended for 20 days by the Wanaque Borough Police Department in connection with a February 19, 2022 incident. An arrested individual in Cappello's custody made numerous requests for medical attention and transport to a hospital for an eye injury, and Cappello refused the requests and failed to obtain treatment. While transporting the individual to the Passaic County Jail, the individual said he would kill himself, and Cappello continued to refuse to obtain medical treatment. Sustained charges included incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties and neglect of duty.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On February 19, 2022, an arrested individual ("K.P") under Ptl. Custody made numerous requests for medical attention and transportation to a hospital for an eye injury. Ptl. Cappello refused the requests and failed to obtain medical treatment for K.P. While transporting K.P. to the Passaic County Jail, K.P. advised Ptl. Cappello that he would kill himself and he continued to refuse to obtain medical treatment for K.P. Ptl. Cappello was suspended for twenty days.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $147,064
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 23 years

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2289. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 234941, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩