Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Natalie Marinaro

Caldwell Police Department · 1 record · 2024

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Suspended 15 days

Rank as reported: Sergeant
Sustained charge(s): Violation of Departmental Policy and Procedures, Rules and Regulations, NJAGG, N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Sergeant Natalie Marinaro of the Caldwell Police Department was suspended for 15 days in 2024. She responded to a domestic incident on October 17, 2022, and failed to follow mandatory arrest protocols required by the New Jersey Attorney General Guidelines and department policy despite clear evidence of domestic violence. As supervisor on scene, Marinaro failed to appropriately assess and process the matter and failed to direct the subordinate officers on scene. Sustained charges cited departmental policy and procedures, rules and regulations, the NJAGG, and N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On October 17, 2022, Sgt. Marinaro responded to a domestic incident. Despite clear evidence of domestic violence, Sgt. Marinaro failed to follow mandatory arrest protocols as required by NJAGG and Caldwell Police Department policy. Sgt. Marinaro was the supervisor on scene, failed to appropriately assess and process the scene/matter and failed to take action consistent with NJAGG, Department rules and/or policies/procedures. Sgt. Marinaro also failed to appropriately direct the subordinate officers on scene.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $154,200
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 20 years, 8 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 1057. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 235141, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩