Suspended 15 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Zarfino has 2 sustained major discipline records from Belleville PD, spanning 2021 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Viloation of "Rules and Regulations" (Standards of Conduct) and Violation of Department "Sick Leave" Policy.
Discipline timeline, 2021 to 2025
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2 records, 2021 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Marco Zarfino, by year
In 2025, Belleville PD suspended Officer Zarfino for 15 days and imposed a monetary fine or loss of pay for violating the department's standards of conduct and its sick leave policy. Zarfino was placed on sick leave on 4/25/25. On 7/6/25, an on-duty supervisor conducted an in-person sick leave verification during Zarfino's required shift and found him not present at his residence, which the policy required.
Viloation of "Rules and Regulations" (Standards of Conduct) and Violation of Department "Sick Leave" Policy
Other sanction
Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 4/25/25, Officer Zarfino was placed on sick leave for an extended period. On 7/6/25, an on-duty supervisor conducted an in-person sick leave verification as per the Department's "Sick Leave" Policy during the Officer's required shift. As per the department's “Sick Leave” policy, Officers are required to remain at their place of residence during their assigned shift. The Officer was found not to be present at his residence during the in-person verification.
Belleville PD suspended Patrol Officer Zarfino for 13 days in 2021 for conduct unbecoming a public servant. The record states Zarfino was involved in a fight while off-duty in another town. The agency did not provide the formal sustained charges.
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 Marco Zarfino's major discipline record?
Zarfino has 2 sustained major discipline records from Belleville PD, spanning 2021 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Viloation of "Rules and Regulations" (Standards of Conduct) and Violation of Department "Sick Leave" Policy.
What is Marco Zarfino's major discipline record at Belleville Police Department?
Marco Zarfino has 2 major discipline records at Belleville Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Marco Zarfino's base salary on record?
Marco Zarfino's reported base salary is $109,021, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Marco Zarfino has 10 years, 6 months of reported service.
How large is Belleville Police Department, the department Marco Zarfino worked for?
Belleville Police Department reported 0 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Marco Zarfino individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 282. 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 2517. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 282. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 282, 2517. ↩
[4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 231679, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8286. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩