On March 25, 2024, Officer Schmid was charged by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office with indictable offenses stemming from an incident in Paterson on or about December 10, 2022, involving the handling of domestic violence allegations against another member of law enforcement. He was charged with official misconduct, conspiracy to commit official misconduct, and hindering apprehension, and was indicted in December 2024. The Paterson Police Department reported that Schmid was suspended for 30 days and that the charges remain open.
On March 25, 2024, Officer Justin Schmid was charged by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office for indictable offenses stemming from an incident that allegedly occurred in the City of Paterson on or about December 10, 2022. It is alleged that he failed to properly investigate domestic violence allegations involving another member of law enforcement. He was charged with Official Misconduct, Conspiracy to Commit Official Misconduct, and Hindering Apprehension. He was indicted in December 2024. He was suspended for 30 days while the investigation was ongoing. The criminal charges remain open.
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What is a summary of Justin Schmid's major discipline record?
On March 25, 2024, Officer Schmid was charged by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office with indictable offenses stemming from an incident in Paterson on or about December 10, 2022, involving the handling of domestic violence allegations against another member of law enforcement. He was charged with official misconduct, conspiracy to commit official misconduct, and hindering apprehension, and was indicted in December 2024. The Paterson Police Department reported that Schmid was suspended for 30 days and that the charges remain open.
What is Justin Schmid's major discipline record at Paterson Police Department?
Justin Schmid has one major discipline record at Paterson Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Justin Schmid's base salary on record?
Justin Schmid's reported base salary is $115,624, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Justin Schmid has 11 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Paterson Police Department, the department Justin Schmid worked for?
Paterson Police Department reported 412 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 Schmid individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1252. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 226117, 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 8546. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩