Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
An internal affairs investigation determined that Sheriff's Officer Tajai Ford was untruthful during the hiring process and during his internal affairs interview. The Morris County Sheriffs Office found that Ford violated its policies and its rules and regulations, and it sustained a charge of untruthfulness. Ford separated while the internal affairs matter was pending.
Untruthful: During an Internal Affairs investigation it was determined that Sheriff's Officer Ford was untruthful during the hiring process and during his Internal Affairs interview. Sheriff's Officer Ford was found to have violated Morris County Sheriff's Office Policies and the Morris County Sheriff's Office Rules and Regulations.
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.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Thomas Nealis · Atlantic City Police Department · 2023
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming Neglect of Duty Insubordination Rule Violations
same year · similar sanction outcome
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Tajai Ford's major discipline record?
An internal affairs investigation determined that Sheriff's Officer Tajai Ford was untruthful during the hiring process and during his internal affairs interview. The Morris County Sheriffs Office found that Ford violated its policies and its rules and regulations, and it sustained a charge of untruthfulness. Ford separated while the internal affairs matter was pending.
What is Tajai Ford's major discipline record at Morris County Sheriff's Department?
Tajai Ford has one major discipline record at Morris County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Tajai Ford's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Tajai Ford at Morris County Sheriff's Department.
How does Morris County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Morris County Sheriff's Department in the second-lowest 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 Tajai Ford individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1828. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩