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
Separated while IA pending
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.
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Other officers at Bergen County Sheriff's Department
35 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Matthew Dembinski, Bergen County Sheriff's Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/matthew-dembinski-bergen-co-sheriffs-dept/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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.
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.
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/. ↩