Police Officer Joseph Morrell was suspended for 20 days by the West New York Police Department in 2022. The agency reported that on August 25, 2021, Morrell responded to a dispute and encountered an intoxicated male, and used excessive force during the medical transport of the male. Morrell failed to exhaust all other reasonable means before resorting to use of force, in violation of departmental protocols. The sustained charge was conduct unbecoming a public employee.
On August 25, 2021, Officer Morrell responded to a dispute. Upon arrival, he encountered an intoxicated male and used excessive force during the medical transport of said male. Officer Morrell failed to exhaust all other reasonable means before resorting to use of force. This conduct was inappropriate and a violation of departmental protocols.
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What is a summary of Joseph Morrell's major discipline record?
Police Officer Joseph Morrell was suspended for 20 days by the West New York Police Department in 2022. The agency reported that on August 25, 2021, Morrell responded to a dispute and encountered an intoxicated male, and used excessive force during the medical transport of the male. Morrell failed to exhaust all other reasonable means before resorting to use of force, in violation of departmental protocols. The sustained charge was conduct unbecoming a public employee.
What is Joseph Morrell's major discipline record at West New York Police Department?
Joseph Morrell has one major discipline record at West New York Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Joseph Morrell's base salary on record?
Joseph Morrell's reported base salary is $140,051, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Joseph Morrell has 7 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is West New York Police Department, the department Joseph Morrell worked for?
West New York Police Department reported 137 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 Morrell individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2223. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 221064, 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 8349. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩