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James Lalor

Montclair Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Other sanction2025 · as reported

On March 26, 2025, Captain James Lalor applied physical force to an arrestee inside the municipal court by taking the arrestee to the ground. An internal affairs investigation determined the force was excessive and inappropriate. The Montclair PD sustained a charge of excessive force, and Lalor lost 24 compensatory hours.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Other sanction
Rank as reported
Captain (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Excessive Force
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On March 26, 2025, Cpt. Lalor applied physical force to an arrestee inside the municipal court . The arrest was reviewed by the Office of Professional Standards which resulted in an Internal Affairs investigation. The Internal Affairs investigation determined that Cpt. Lalor utilized excessive/inappropriate force by taking the arrestee to the ground. As a result, Cpt. Lalor suffered a loss of 24 compensatory hours.

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Other officers at Montclair Police Department

6 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$221,043
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
32 years, 8 months

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.

Questions and answers

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

On March 26, 2025, Captain James Lalor applied physical force to an arrestee inside the municipal court by taking the arrestee to the ground. An internal affairs investigation determined the force was excessive and inappropriate. The Montclair PD sustained a charge of excessive force, and Lalor lost 24 compensatory hours.

What is James Lalor's major discipline record at Montclair Police Department?

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

What is James Lalor's base salary on record?

James Lalor's reported base salary is $221,043, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. James Lalor has 32 years, 8 months of reported service.

How large is Montclair Police Department, the department James Lalor worked for?

Montclair Police Department reported 113 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 Lalor individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 313. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 224629, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8298. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩