The Clifton Police Department reported that Police Officer Vincent Martino resigned after he was criminally charged with tampering with evidence, a crime of the third degree, for intentionally muting his body worn camera during an interaction with an intoxicated driver. As a condition of Pre-Trial Intervention, Martino resigned and is barred from any future law enforcement position in New Jersey. He separated while the investigation was pending, and the sustained charges were not reported.
Martino resigned from his position as a police officer after he was criminally charged with Tampering with Evidence; a crime of the third degree. Specifically, Martino intentionally muted his body worn camera during an interaction with an intoxicated driver. As a condition of Pre-Trial Invervention, Martino resigned from his postion as a police officer and is barred from any future law enforcement position in NJ.
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What is a summary of Vincent Martino's major discipline record?
The Clifton Police Department reported that Police Officer Vincent Martino resigned after he was criminally charged with tampering with evidence, a crime of the third degree, for intentionally muting his body worn camera during an interaction with an intoxicated driver. As a condition of Pre-Trial Intervention, Martino resigned and is barred from any future law enforcement position in New Jersey. He separated while the investigation was pending, and the sustained charges were not reported.
What is Vincent Martino's major discipline record at Clifton Police Department?
Vincent Martino has one major discipline record at Clifton Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Clifton Police Department, the department Vincent Martino worked for?
Clifton Police Department reported 135 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Vincent Martino individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1849. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8540. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩