Officer McNamara lied, lacked candor, and provided conflicting information when answering internal affairs written interrogatories and during his internal affairs interview, according to the Tenafly Police Department. The record states that objective evidence established he provided knowingly false information regarding the facts surrounding his use of a family illness. McNamara was terminated by the department on March 19, 2024.
Reports & All other conduct Violation under NJSA 40A:14-128
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
PO McNamara lied/lacked candor/failed to be truthful/provided conflicting information in answering his internal affairs case written interrogatories and his internal affairs interview. Objective evidence established that you lied/lacked candor or provided knowingly false information regarding the facts and circumstances surrounding your use a family illness. PO McNamara was terminated by the Tenafly Police Department March 19, 2024.
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Other officers at Tenafly Police Department
One other named officer with a reported major discipline record 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 (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Sean McNamara's major discipline record?
Officer McNamara lied, lacked candor, and provided conflicting information when answering internal affairs written interrogatories and during his internal affairs interview, according to the Tenafly Police Department. The record states that objective evidence established he provided knowingly false information regarding the facts surrounding his use of a family illness. McNamara was terminated by the department on March 19, 2024.
What is Sean McNamara's major discipline record at Tenafly Police Department?
Sean McNamara has one major discipline record at Tenafly Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Sean McNamara's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Sean McNamara's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
What is Sean McNamara's base salary on record?
Sean McNamara's reported base salary is $185,672, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Sean McNamara has 23 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is Tenafly Police Department, the department Sean McNamara worked for?
Tenafly Police Department reported 34 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 McNamara individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 889. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 227182, 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 8190. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩