Kearny PD reported that several internal affairs complaints were sustained against Sergeant Castle in 2024. One stemmed from a motor vehicle stop in which he used coarse language toward off-duty coworkers whose vehicle he had stopped. Retail store staff also complained that Castle refused to arrest shoplifters when the dollar value was not significant, and two of those complaints were sustained for neglect of duty and related policy violations. Before discipline was carried out, Castle entered an agreement with the Town of Kearny and retired.
Several IA complaints were sustained against Sergeant Castle in 2024. One stemmed from his demeanor during a motor‐ vehicle stop, during which he used coarse language and an aggressive demeanor towards off‐duty coworkers, after Sergeant Castle stopped the vehicle in which they were traveling. Next, staff at a retail store lodged multiple complaints against Sergeant Castle, alleging poor demeanor and ‐‐specifically, that Sergeant Castle was refusing to arrest shoplifters if the dollar value of the shoplifting offenses was not significant. Two of these complaints were sustained for and other related policy violations. No evidence of criminal wrongdoing on the part of Sergeant Castle was uncovered at any point during the investigation. Prior to discipline being carried out against Sergeant Castle for any of the aforementioned complaints, Sergeant Castle entered into an agreement with the Town of Kearny in which he retired. This is being reported as major discipline since it is likely that, had Sergeant Castle not retired, major discipline would have resulted.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Timothy Castle's major discipline record?
Kearny PD reported that several internal affairs complaints were sustained against Sergeant Castle in 2024. One stemmed from a motor vehicle stop in which he used coarse language toward off-duty coworkers whose vehicle he had stopped. Retail store staff also complained that Castle refused to arrest shoplifters when the dollar value was not significant, and two of those complaints were sustained for neglect of duty and related policy violations. Before discipline was carried out, Castle entered an agreement with the Town of Kearny and retired.
What is Timothy Castle's major discipline record at Kearny Police Department?
Timothy Castle has one major discipline record at Kearny Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Kearny Police Department, the department Timothy Castle worked for?
Kearny Police Department reported 114 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Timothy Castle individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1128. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8344. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩