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.
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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Police Transparency NJ, "James Lalor, Montclair Police Department," last updated 2026-09-07, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/james-lalor-montclair-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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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]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]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]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/. ↩