Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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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.
Does Raymond Aste's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Raymond Aste at Bergen County Sheriff's Department.
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.
How does Bergen County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Bergen County Sheriff's Department in the second-highest fifth of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Raymond Aste individually.
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/. ↩