Officer James Fulton was suspended for 14 days by the West Milford Police Department in a matter finalized in 2023. The agency reported that Fulton responded to a single car motor vehicle crash involving an off-duty officer and failed to activate his mobile video recorder and body worn camera as required by departmental policy at the active crash scene. The conduct occurred in 2022, but the appeal became final in 2023. His 14 day suspension included 10 days forfeited and 4 days held in abeyance.
Violation of Multiple Departmental Policies (C3 Mobile in car video policy
C-13 BWC policy
C-11 Cellular telephone policy)
Separated while IA pending
not reported
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Fulton responded to a single car motor vehicle crash involving an off duty officer. Officer Fulton failed to activate his mobile video recorder and body worn camera per departmental policy while at active crash scene. The conduct occurred in 2022, but the appeal became final in 2023. Officer Fulton was suspended 14 days (10 forfeited, 4 in abeyance).
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What is a summary of James Fulton's major discipline record?
Officer James Fulton was suspended for 14 days by the West Milford Police Department in a matter finalized in 2023. The agency reported that Fulton responded to a single car motor vehicle crash involving an off-duty officer and failed to activate his mobile video recorder and body worn camera as required by departmental policy at the active crash scene. The conduct occurred in 2022, but the appeal became final in 2023. His 14 day suspension included 10 days forfeited and 4 days held in abeyance.
What is James Fulton's major discipline record at West Milford Police Department?
James Fulton has one major discipline record at West Milford Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is James Fulton's base salary on record?
James Fulton's reported base salary is $154,624, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. James Fulton has 18 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is West Milford Police Department, the department James Fulton worked for?
West Milford Police Department reported 44 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 Fulton individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1860. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 222105, 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 8553. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩