On October 7, 2023, a complaint alleged that Sgt. Lembo failed to perform his duties as the patrol supervisor during a missing persons call, Ridgewood PD reported. An investigation found that Lembo did not properly supervise the responding officers and did not properly investigate the report of the missing person. Lembo was suspended for 7 days.
On 10/7/2023, a complaint was made against Sgt. Lembo alleging he failed to perform his duties as the patrol supervisor during a missing persons call. An investigation was conducted and revealed that Sgt. Lembo did not properly supervise the responding officers and did not properly investigate the report of the missing person. Sgt. Lembo was suspended for 7 days.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Peter Youngberg · Ridgewood Village Police Department · 2020
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 Michael Lembo's major discipline record?
On October 7, 2023, a complaint alleged that Sgt. Lembo failed to perform his duties as the patrol supervisor during a missing persons call, Ridgewood PD reported. An investigation found that Lembo did not properly supervise the responding officers and did not properly investigate the report of the missing person. Lembo was suspended for 7 days.
What is Michael Lembo's major discipline record at Ridgewood Village Police Department?
Michael Lembo has one major discipline record at Ridgewood Village Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Michael Lembo's base salary on record?
Michael Lembo's reported base salary is $216,278, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Lembo has 22 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Ridgewood Village Police Department, the department Michael Lembo worked for?
Ridgewood Village Police Department reported 49 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Michael Lembo individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 887. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 227915, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8180. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩