Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Clifton Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Terminated2024 · as reported
The Clifton Police Department terminated Police Officer Justin Varga in 2024 after he failed to search a prisoner who then concealed a loaded handgun during processing at police headquarters. The handgun was later found, still concealed on the prisoner, by another agency during the transfer of custody. The record sustained a neglect of duty charge.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
TerminatedSynopsis as reported by the agency
Varga failed to search a prisoner. The prisoner was able to conceal the loaded handgun on his person while being processed within police headquarters. The handgun was eventually located, still concealed on the prisoner, by another agency during the transfer of custody of the prisoner.
Joseph Frino · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2024
TerminatedSustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 – Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a) 3 - Inability to Perform Duties N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) 6…
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Stephen Hars · Clinton Township Police Department · 2024
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Misconduct, Neglect of Duty, Truthfulness, Firearms, Records Accountabilty, Reports and Bookings
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Anthony Grasso · Department Of Corrections · 2024
TerminatedSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) (7) Neglect of Duty N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient…
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Khalid Williams · Department Of Corrections · 2024
TerminatedSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)6. Conduct unbecoming a public employee N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)12. Other Sufficient Cause B2: Neglect of duty, loafing,…
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Joseph Pandorf · Lacey Township Police Department · 2024
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming, Neglect of Duty, Failure to Perform Duries, General Misconduct, Untruthfulness
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2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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The Clifton Police Department terminated Police Officer Justin Varga in 2024 after he failed to search a prisoner who then concealed a loaded handgun during processing at police headquarters. The handgun was later found, still concealed on the prisoner, by another agency during the transfer of custody. The record sustained a neglect of duty charge.
Justin Varga has one major discipline record at Clifton Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Yes. At least one of Justin Varga's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
Clifton Police Department reported 135 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 Varga individually.