Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Deal Police Department · 1 record · 2020
Terminated2020 · as reported
Patrol Officer Joseph Ammaturo was terminated by the Deal Police Department. According to the record, Ammaturo was terminated for possession of a controlled dangerous substance and witness tampering. The agency did not report a sustained charge code, day count or other sanction beyond the termination.
Major discipline · 2020[1]
TerminatedSynopsis as reported by the agency
Patrolman Ammaturo was terminated for possession of a controlled dangerous substance and witness tampering.
Luis Mercado · Atlantic County Corrections · 2020
Terminatedsame year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Palmer Jr. · Brielle Police Department · 2020
Terminatedsame year · similar sanction outcome
Ernest Farley · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Terminatedsame year · similar sanction outcome
Christopher Conti · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Terminatedsame year · similar sanction outcome
John Meszaros · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Terminatedsame year · similar sanction outcome
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.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Patrol Officer Joseph Ammaturo was terminated by the Deal Police Department. According to the record, Ammaturo was terminated for possession of a controlled dangerous substance and witness tampering. The agency did not report a sustained charge code, day count or other sanction beyond the termination.
Joseph Ammaturo has one major discipline record at Deal Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Yes. At least one of Joseph Ammaturo's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2020.
Deal Police Department reported 21 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Joseph Ammaturo individually.