Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Marco Zarfino

Belleville Police Department · 2 records · 2021, 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 15 days

Rank as reported: Officer
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

Plain-language summary (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.

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

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

Plain-language summary (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.

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[3]

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.

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]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/. ↩