TerminatedSuspended 0 daysSeparated while IA pending2023 · as reported
North Arlington Police Department terminated Officer Sean Devine in 2023, and the record also lists a suspension; he separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. Devine was charged with forgery and false authorship of a written government document under N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1A(2) for conduct that occurred while on duty, in which he forged a commanding officer's signature on an official document. He entered a plea agreement and resigned from the department. Sustained charges included truthfulness, neglect of duty, and obedience to laws.
Officer Devine was charged with Forgery, 2C:21-1A(2), False Author of a Written Government Document for behavior that occurred while on duty. In whuch he forged a Commanding Officers signature on a offical document. Officer Devine subsequently enteredinto a plea agreement and resigned form the Department.
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Robert Evans · North Arlington Police Department · 2025
Suspended 6 daysSeparated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): Violation of Rules and Regulations Neglect of Duty/Failure to Take Proper Action and Other sufficient cause.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Sean Devine's major discipline record?
North Arlington Police Department terminated Officer Sean Devine in 2023, and the record also lists a suspension; he separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. Devine was charged with forgery and false authorship of a written government document under N.J.S.A. 2C:21-1A(2) for conduct that occurred while on duty, in which he forged a commanding officer's signature on an official document. He entered a plea agreement and resigned from the department. Sustained charges included truthfulness, neglect of duty, and obedience to laws.
What is Sean Devine's major discipline record at North Arlington Police Department?
Sean Devine has one major discipline record at North Arlington Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Sean Devine's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Sean Devine's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2023.
How large is North Arlington Police Department, the department Sean Devine worked for?
North Arlington Police Department reported 38 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 Devine individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1508. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8168. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩