In 2025, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office suspended Officer Raymond Aste for 15 days. While on duty, Aste refused a lawful order from his immediate supervisor, removed his badge and then threw it at the supervisor. He went on to demand that several command level personnel be brought in immediately to fire him. Sustained charges included insubordination and unbecoming conduct.
3:1.1 Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations 3:1.2 Standard of Conduct 3:1.12 3:1.28 Respect 3:1.29 Unbecoming Conduct 3:1.39 All Other Conduct
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
Sheriff's Officer Raymond Aste, while on duty, refused a lawful order from his immediate supervisor, removed his badge and then threw it at the supervisor. He went on to demand that several command level personnel should be brought in immediately to fire him.
Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a)6 - Conduct unbecoming a public employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 11 – Other Sufficient Cause Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a)4 - Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism or Lateness 4A:2-2.3(a)12 - Other Sufficient Cause Obedience to Laws and Rules and…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Davon Diab · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2025
Suspended 45 days
Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 - Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a) 6 - Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 12…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Adrian Diaz · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2025
Suspended 20 days
Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a)4 - Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism or Lateness 4A:2-2.3(a)12 - Other Sufficient Cause Obedience to Laws and Rules and…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Richard Kirk · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2025
Suspended 15 days
Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 - Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties 4A:2-2.3(a) 6 - Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee 4A:2-2.3(a) 7…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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.
Cite this page
Police Transparency NJ, "Raymond Aste, Bergen County Sheriff's Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/raymond-aste-bergen-co-sheriffs-dept/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Raymond Aste's major discipline record?
In 2025, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office suspended Officer Raymond Aste for 15 days. While on duty, Aste refused a lawful order from his immediate supervisor, removed his badge and then threw it at the supervisor. He went on to demand that several command level personnel be brought in immediately to fire him. Sustained charges included insubordination and unbecoming conduct.
What is Raymond Aste's major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department?
Raymond Aste has one major discipline record at Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Raymond Aste's base salary on record?
Raymond Aste's reported base salary is $133,841, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Raymond Aste has 14 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 57. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 243527, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩