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Sean Carnahan

Englewood Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 12 daysSeparated while IA pending2025 · as reported

Sergeant Sean Carnahan was suspended for 12 days by the Englewood Police Department and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. On 10/29/24, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office received a complaint of an offensive comment made by Carnahan to another Englewood police officer. After an investigation involving multiple witness officers, Carnahan admitted to making the racially insensitive comment. He was immediately suspended and retired after the conclusion of the investigation.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 12 daysSeparated while IA pending
Rank as reported
Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Harassment
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 10/29/24, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office received a complaint of an offensive comment made by Sgt. Carnahan to another Englewood Police Officer. After an investigation, involving multiple witness officers, Sgt. Carnahan admitted to making the racially insensitive comment. He was immediately suspended and retired after the conclusion of the investigation.

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Other officers at Englewood Police Department

3 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Sean Carnahan's major discipline record?

Sergeant Sean Carnahan was suspended for 12 days by the Englewood Police Department and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. On 10/29/24, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office received a complaint of an offensive comment made by Carnahan to another Englewood police officer. After an investigation involving multiple witness officers, Carnahan admitted to making the racially insensitive comment. He was immediately suspended and retired after the conclusion of the investigation.

What is Sean Carnahan's major discipline record at Englewood Police Department?

Sean Carnahan has one major discipline record at Englewood Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is Englewood Police Department, the department Sean Carnahan worked for?

Englewood Police Department reported 83 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Sean Carnahan individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 74. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8144. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.