Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Matthew Dembinski, while on duty, failed to properly conduct security checks and was found to be in possession of his cellphone inside the secured area of the Bergen County Jail, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office reported for 2022. Dembinski was suspended for 15 days.
(a)(1) , or Failure to Perform Duties (a)(6) an Public Employee (a)(7) (a)(12) Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations Standards of Conduct Performance of Duty Unbecoming Conduct Prohibited Activity on Duty Inattentiveness to Duty
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not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Dembinski, while on duty, failed to properly conduct security checks and was found to be in possession of his cellphone inside the secured area of the Bergen County Jail.
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.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Matthew Dembinski's major discipline record?
Officer Matthew Dembinski, while on duty, failed to properly conduct security checks and was found to be in possession of his cellphone inside the secured area of the Bergen County Jail, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office reported for 2022. Dembinski was suspended for 15 days.
What is Matthew Dembinski's major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department?
Matthew Dembinski has one major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Matthew Dembinski's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Matthew Dembinski at Bergen County Sheriff's Department.
What is Matthew Dembinski's pension on record?
Matthew Dembinski's reported monthly pension allowance is $8,389.52, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Matthew Dembinski has 25 years, 1 month of reported service.
How does Bergen County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the second-highest fifth of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Matthew Dembinski individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2048. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 371936 (member 44367531), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩