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Justin Misano

Caldwell Police Department · 1 record · 2023

Separated while IA pending2023 · as reported

Officer Justin Misano of the Caldwell Police Department tested positive for an illicit substance after departmental random drug testing, a finding sustained as a positive drug test in 2023. According to the record, Misano was suspended for 9 days prior to resigning, and the separation occurred while an internal affairs matter was pending.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Separated while IA pending
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
POSITIVE DRUG TEST
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Misano was suspended for 9 days prior to resigning after testing positive for an illicit substance, subsequent to departmental random drug testing.

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Other officers at Caldwell Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists 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. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Justin Misano's major discipline record?

Officer Justin Misano of the Caldwell Police Department tested positive for an illicit substance after departmental random drug testing, a finding sustained as a positive drug test in 2023. According to the record, Misano was suspended for 9 days prior to resigning, and the separation occurred while an internal affairs matter was pending.

What is Justin Misano's major discipline record at Caldwell Police Department?

Justin Misano has one major discipline record at Caldwell Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is Caldwell Police Department, the department Justin Misano worked for?

Caldwell Police Department reported 22 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Justin Misano individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1635. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8288. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.