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Marco Zarfino

Belleville Police Department · 2 records · 2021, 2025

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

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2021 to 2025

Major discipline records reported for Marco Zarfino, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20211Suspension
20220No record published
20230No record published
20240No record published
20251Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 15 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

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.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
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.

Major discipline · 2021[2]

Suspended 13 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

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.

Rank as reported
Patrol Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not provided
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Off. Zarfino was suspended 13 days for a Public Servant. Officer was involved in a fight while off-duty in another town.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Filiberto Colon · Belleville Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Filiberto Colon · Belleville Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Cheryl Lopez · Belleville Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 7 days

    Sustained charge(s): Departmental Rule Violation

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Joan Martinez · Belleville Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Violation of "sick leave" policy & Insubordination

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Graham Koshnick · Belleville Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Providing False information and All other conduct

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Belleville Police Department

8 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

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$109,021
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
10 years, 6 months

How to read this

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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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/.