On March 26, 2024, Officer Hermansen was involved in a single-car crash with her police vehicle, then picked up the debris and left the scene, according to the Tenafly Police Department. The record states she drove to another location, dropped the debris on the ground, and told her supervisor she had been in an accident with a deer. A review of the motor vehicle recording determined Hermansen was untruthful, and she resigned from the department.
39:4-129 Action in case of accident The driver of any vehicle knowingly involved in an accident resulting only in damage to a vehicle
including his own vehicle
or other property which is attended by any person shall immediately stop his vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible
but shall then forthwith return to and in every event shall remain at the scene of such accident until he has fulfilled the requirements
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On March 26, 2024 Officer Hermansen was involved in a single car motor vehicle crash with her police vehicle. Officer Hermansen picked up the debris from the crash and left the scene. She then drove to another location and dropped the debris on the ground and contacted her supervisor informing him she was involved in an accident with a deer. The investigation and review of the MVR determined PO Hermansen was untruthful about the incident. As a result of the finding PO Hermansen resigned from the Tenafly Police Department.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Kaitlyn Hermansen's major discipline record?
On March 26, 2024, Officer Hermansen was involved in a single-car crash with her police vehicle, then picked up the debris and left the scene, according to the Tenafly Police Department. The record states she drove to another location, dropped the debris on the ground, and told her supervisor she had been in an accident with a deer. A review of the motor vehicle recording determined Hermansen was untruthful, and she resigned from the department.
What is Kaitlyn Hermansen's major discipline record at Tenafly Police Department?
Kaitlyn Hermansen has one major discipline record at Tenafly Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Tenafly Police Department, the department Kaitlyn Hermansen worked for?
Tenafly 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 Kaitlyn Hermansen individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 890. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8190. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩