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Thomas Farrell

North Arlington Police Department · 1 record · 2022

DemotedSuspended 10 days2022 · as reported

Sergeant Thomas Farrell was demoted and suspended for 10 days by the North Arlington Police Department in 2022. Farrell improperly used a departmental computer on September 18, 2021. The sustained charge was obedience to laws, ordinances, rules, and written directives.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

DemotedSuspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Obedience to Laws
  • Ordinances
  • Rules
  • & Written Directives
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Sergeant Farrell was demoted and suspended for 10 days for the improper use of a departmental computer on September 18, 2021.

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Other officers at North Arlington Police Department

2 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

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$160,915
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
20 years, 3 months

How to read this

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 Thomas Farrell's major discipline record?

Sergeant Thomas Farrell was demoted and suspended for 10 days by the North Arlington Police Department in 2022. Farrell improperly used a departmental computer on September 18, 2021. The sustained charge was obedience to laws, ordinances, rules, and written directives.

What is Thomas Farrell's major discipline record at North Arlington Police Department?

Thomas Farrell has one major discipline record at North Arlington Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Thomas Farrell's base salary on record?

Thomas Farrell's reported base salary is $160,915, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Thomas Farrell has 20 years, 3 months of reported service.

How large is North Arlington Police Department, the department Thomas Farrell 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 Thomas Farrell individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2057. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 230666, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  3. [3]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/.