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New Jersey Transit Police · 1 record · 2024
Suspended 10 days2024 · as reported
Police Officer Joseph Carullo was suspended for 10 days by the New Jersey Transit Police in 2024. Carullo failed to respond appropriately to an active assault. He failed to take decisive action to apprehend a violent suspect in accordance with the accepted standard of duty. The sustained charges were neglect of duty and general duties and responsibilities.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Carullo failed to respond appropriately to an active assault. Officer Carullo failed to take decisive action to apprehend a violent suspect in accordance with the accepted standard of duty. Officer Carullo was suspended for 10 days
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Police Transparency NJ, "Joseph Carullo, New Jersey Transit Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/joseph-carullo-new-jersey-transit-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Police Officer Joseph Carullo was suspended for 10 days by the New Jersey Transit Police in 2024. Carullo failed to respond appropriately to an active assault. He failed to take decisive action to apprehend a violent suspect in accordance with the accepted standard of duty. The sustained charges were neglect of duty and general duties and responsibilities.
Joseph Carullo has one major discipline record at New Jersey Transit Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Joseph Carullo's reported base salary is $124,554, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Joseph Carullo has 16 years, 9 months of reported service.
New Jersey Transit Police reported 303 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 Carullo individually.