Officer Joseph Sweet, without permission, demonstrated the use of a non-lethal weapon in an unauthorized location and demonstrated the use of a firearm in an unauthorized location. The Brigantine Police Department suspended Sweet for 65 days. The specific sustained charge was not provided.
Without permission, demonstrated the use of a non-lethal weapon in an unauthorized location and demonstrated the use of firearm in an unauthorized location
In a separate matter, Officer Joseph Sweet, while on authorized breaks, failed to return to his designated sector before the required end time of certain breaks. The Brigantine Police Department suspended Sweet for 35 days. The specific sustained charge was not provided.
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 Joseph Sweet's major discipline record?
Sweet has 2 sustained major discipline records from Brigantine PD, all from 2021. The records include a suspension.
What is Joseph Sweet's major discipline record at Brigantine Police Department?
Joseph Sweet has 2 major discipline records at Brigantine Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Joseph Sweet's base salary on record?
Joseph Sweet's reported base salary is $120,024, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Joseph Sweet has 18 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Brigantine Police Department, the department Joseph Sweet worked for?
Brigantine Police Department reported 34 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 Sweet individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2423. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2424. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 238138, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8113. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩