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James Colacci

Q: What is James Colacci's base salary on record?

James Colacci's reported base salary is $80,636, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. James Colacci has 8 years, 10 months of reported service.

Lyndhurst Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Police Officer James Colacci was suspended for 33 days by the Lyndhurst Police Department in 2025 and lost time. On April 16, 2025, Colacci submitted a wedding invitation to a supervisor in order to be excused from the mandatory Memorial Day inspection, and the invitation was found to be fabricated. The investigation found he purposely and knowingly submitted a manufactured invitation to be excused. The sustained charges included statutory misconduct under N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147 and violations of department standards of conduct.

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Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 33 days

Rank as reported: Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s): N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147 (Statutory misconduct) Lyndhurst Police Department Rules and Regulations
Section 3:1.1 (Standards of Conduct) Lyndhurst Police Department Rules and Regulations
Section 3:1.11 (Obedience to Laws and Regulations) Lyndhurst Police Department Rules and Regulations
Section 3:2.12 (Inspection) Section 45.02 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Township of Lyndhurst and Lyndhurst Policemen’s Benevolent Association
PBA Local 202
January 1
2023 through December 31
2026
Other sanction: Loss of time
Separated while IA pending: No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On April 16, 2025, P.O. James Colacci submitted a wedding invitation to a supervisor in order to be excused from the mandatory Lyndhurst Police Department Memorial Day inspection. This wedding invitation was found to be fabricated. Based upon this investigation, it was found that P.O. Colacci purposely and knowingly submitted a manufactured wedding investigation in order to be excused from the mandatory Memorial Day inspection.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

Jorge Fernandez · Lyndhurst Police Department · 2025
Suspended 30 days
Sustained charge(s): N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147 (Statutory misconduct) Lyndhurst Police Department Rules and Regulations, Section 3:1.1 (Standards of Conduct)…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Julian Cuellar · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 10 days
Sustained charge(s): Relief, Performance of Duty, Neglect of Duty, Body Worn Camera
same year · similar sanction outcome
Juanita Harris · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 180 days
Sustained charge(s): Use of Positon, Confidential Information, Truthfulness
same year · similar sanction outcome
Juanita Harris · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 20 days
Sustained charge(s): Obedience to Laws and Regulations, Department and Non department vehicles, Insubordination, Written Directive System
same year · similar sanction outcome
Bria Hill · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 60 days
Sustained charge(s): Insubordination, Uniform Policy, Neglect of Duty, Truthfulness
same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Lyndhurst 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.

Police Officer Jorge Fernandez1 record, latest 2025

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $80,636
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 8 years, 10 months

How to read this

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Questions and answers

What is a summary of James Colacci's major discipline record?

What is James Colacci's major discipline record at Lyndhurst Police Department?

James Colacci has one major discipline record at Lyndhurst Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is James Colacci's base salary on record?

James Colacci's reported base salary is $80,636, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. James Colacci has 8 years, 10 months of reported service.

How large is Lyndhurst Police Department, the department James Colacci worked for?

Lyndhurst Police Department reported 55 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 Colacci individually.

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Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 79. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 222657, 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 8161. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩