The Paramus Police Department reported that Patrol Sgt. Nepola used compensatory time to take an approved day off, then later cleared it from the scheduling system to replenish his compensatory time bank, which caused unexcused absences. Nepola resigned from the department during the internal affairs investigation in July of 2024. The sustained charges were not reported.
Patrol Sgt. Nepola would use compensatory time resulting in an approved day off. At a later date and time, he would clear it from the scheduling system so as to replenish his compensatory time bank resulting in unexcused absenses. Sgt. Nepola resigned from the Paramus Police Department during the internal affairs investigation in July of 2024.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Steve Nepola's major discipline record?
The Paramus Police Department reported that Patrol Sgt. Nepola used compensatory time to take an approved day off, then later cleared it from the scheduling system to replenish his compensatory time bank, which caused unexcused absences. Nepola resigned from the department during the internal affairs investigation in July of 2024. The sustained charges were not reported.
What is Steve Nepola's major discipline record at Paramus Police Department?
Steve Nepola has one major discipline record at Paramus Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Paramus Police Department, the department Steve Nepola worked for?
Paramus Police Department reported 102 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Steve Nepola individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 884. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8175. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩