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.
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.
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What is a summary of Natalie Marinaro's major discipline record?
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.
What is Natalie Marinaro's major discipline record at Caldwell Police Department?
Natalie Marinaro has one major discipline record at Caldwell Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Natalie Marinaro's base salary on record?
Natalie Marinaro's reported base salary is $154,200, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Natalie Marinaro has 20 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Caldwell Police Department, the department Natalie Marinaro worked for?
Caldwell Police Department reported 22 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Natalie Marinaro individually.
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/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8288. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩