Internal Affairs Bureau

This department is committed to providing law enforcement services that are fair, effective, and impartially applied. Toward that end, officers are held to the highest standards of official conduct and are expected to respect the rights of all citizens. Officer’s adherence to these standards, motivated by a moral and professional obligation to perform their job to the best of their ability, is the ultimate objective of this agency. The effectiveness of a law enforcement agency is dependent upon public approval and acceptance of law enforcement authority. The department must be responsive to the community by providing formal procedures for the processing of complaints from the public regarding officer performance both individually and collectively.

Internal Affairs complaints can be made by various different methods:

• Complaints can be made via email by sending a completed complaint form to Captain Leo DiPietro at lddipietro@pd.twp.washington.nj.us
• Hand delivering a completed complaint form off in person at the Washington Township Police Department at 1 McClure Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080.
• Complaints can be made via phone by calling 856-589-6650 and following the prompts for Internal Affairs.
• Mailing a completed complaint form to the Washington Township Police Department at 1 McClure Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 and written to the attention of Internal Affairs.

In the absence of the Internal Affairs investigator, a complaint can be made to any on-duty Washington Township Police Officer.