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.
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.
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Other officers at Wanaque Borough Police Department
One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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What is a summary of James Cappello's major discipline record?
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.
What is James Cappello's major discipline record at Wanaque Borough Police Department?
James Cappello has one major discipline record at Wanaque Borough Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is James Cappello's base salary on record?
James Cappello's reported base salary is $147,064, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. James Cappello has 23 years of reported service.
How large is Wanaque Borough Police Department, the department James Cappello worked for?
Wanaque Borough Police Department reported 24 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about James Cappello individually.
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/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8551. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩