{"id":191,"date":"2020-11-29T16:56:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T16:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.mycorphs.com\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2026-01-10T22:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T22:02:03","slug":"internal-affairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.org\/index.php\/internal-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As part of the Rochelle Park Police Department’s mission statement, we are dedicated to being fair, impartial, transparent and consistent. If you have a complaint, it will be sent to a specially trained supervisor and an investigation will be conducted that will be thorough, objective and completed when a logical conclusion is reached.<\/p>

In accordance with New Jersey Attorney General Guidelines even anonymous complaints <\/em>made against a Police Officer must be thoroughly investigated. If you wish to provide your name you may be asked to help in the investigation of the complaint by giving a detailed statement about what happened or by providing other important information which includes the names of other individuals who may have witnessed the event.<\/p>

Click here to make a complaint \u00a0\u00a0\"\" Complete the form in your preferred language<\/span><\/a><\/p>

All complaints against police officers are completely investigated. You will be advised in writing of the outcome of the investigation. If our investigation reveals that a crime has been committed, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office will be notified in accordance with strict guidelines.<\/p>

You may call the Rochelle Park Police headquarters and ask for the Internal Affairs Office at 201-843-1515 with any additional information about a complaint or if you have any questions about the status of the investigation. If internal affairs personnel are not available, supervisory personnel will accept reports of officer misconduct. If no supervisory personnel are available, complaints will be accepted by any law enforcement officer.<\/p>

In accordance with the New Jersey Attorney Generals Office Directive 2018-3 all law enforcement agencies must employ an early warning system. The system is designed to detect patterns and trends in officers before the conduct escalates into more serious problems, ensuring the public that all officers act within the guidelines of state laws at all times. To read our policy adoption click<\/u> here<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>

Drug Testing Policy for Law Enforcement<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>

In accordance with the New Jersey Attorney General\u2019s Law Enforcement Drug Testing Policy No.\u00a0 2020-12,\u00a0 all\u00a0 Law\u00a0 Enforcement\u00a0 Agencies\u00a0 must\u00a0 participate\u00a0 in\u00a0 a\u00a0 random\u00a0\u00a0 drug\u00a0 testing procedure. The policy mandates that\u00a0 any\u00a0 officer\u00a0 who\u00a0 tests\u00a0 positive\u00a0 for\u00a0 illegal\u00a0 drug use be terminated from employment. The Rochelle Park\u00a0 Police Department\u00a0 has adopted this guideline. To read the policy click here.<\/u><\/a><\/p>

Bias Incident Policy for Law Enforcement<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>

In accordance with the New Jersey Attorney General\u2019s Law Enforcement Bias Incident Crime Reporting and Investigation, the Rochelle Park Police department has a Bias Incident policy in place. To read more about the policy click here.<\/u><\/a><\/p>

Early Warning System Policy for Law Enforcement<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>
In accordance with the New Jersey Attorney General\u2019s Law Enforcement Early Warning System, the Rochelle Park Police department has an EWS policy in place. To read more about the policy\u00a0click here.<\/u><\/a> \u00a0<\/div>
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2025 Internal Affairs Complaints<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>

2025 Major Discipline Report<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h2>

2024 Internal Affairs Complaints<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>

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2023 Internal Affairs Complaints<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>

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2022 Internal Affairs Complaints\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>

2021 Internal Affairs Complaints\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h1>

2021 Use of Force Annual Report Worksheet\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>

2021 Major Discipline<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>

2020 Internal Affairs Complaints\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>

2020 Major Discipline<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>

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As part of the Rochelle Park Police Department’s mission statement, we are dedicated to being fair, impartial, transparent and consistent. If you have a complaint, it will be sent to a specially trained supervisor and an investigation will be conducted that will be thorough, objective and completed when a logical conclusion is reached. In accordance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-191","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":142,"href":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554,"href":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions\/2554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rochelleparkpd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}