TRENTON – The Attorney General’s Office of Justice Data and Office of Public Integrity and Accountability released their annual report Monday providing insight into major disciplinary actions taken by New Jersey law enforcement agencies against law enforcement officers in 2025.
The good news is that there were no reported disciplinary actions in the Downbeach communities of Ventnor, Margate and Longport.
The 2025 report can be accessed at the Major Discipline Report.
“Maintaining faith in government and trust in law enforcement requires that residents know the State holds law enforcement to the highest professional standards,” Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said in a release. “Transparency and accountability are key to maintaining public confidence in our officers.”
The new 560-page report covers discipline imposed between Jan. 1, 2025 and Dec. 31, 2025. According to the information reported for the 2025 reporting year, 817 major discipline actions were taken by 169 agencies against 654 officers.
The Attorney General’s Office shares this information to increase transparency of police discipline and use of force. It is being provided in accordance with AG Directive 2021-6 and AG Directive 2022-14. Those directives require all New Jersey law enforcement agencies to submit to the Attorney General a major discipline reporting form, detailing major internal disciplinary actions against their officers from the prior year, by January 31 of the following year.
Reportable discipline includes terminations, reductions in rank, suspension of more than five days, and instances when officers are found guilty of certain internal affairs violations. In addition, reportable discipline includes discriminatory conduct, filing a false report, intentionally performing an improper search, applying excessive force, being untruthful, intentionally mishandling or destroying evidence, committing domestic violence, and other infractions. The reporting requirement also covers officers charged with an indictable crime and officers who departed from their agency while any internal affairs matter was pending where the ultimate outcome of the investigation would have required reporting. Submissions to the State are published in the report as they were provided by the local reporting agency, with no corrections to grammar or inconsistent information.
Agencies report officers serving major discipline only when the discipline is final, and appeals have been exhausted. Pending cases are not included. Thus, officers suspended in 2025, but whose discipline determination is not final, do not appear in the report. The report only covers completed cases with sustained charges resulting in final sanctions, or plea agreements not pending any potential appeals as of the end of 2025 as reported by each law enforcement agency.
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