West Milford police have confirmed an open internal-affairs investigation into an active officer’s role as a witness to an Aug. 5, 2026, incident at Brick & Brew in Franklin Borough. Retired officer Gregory Post was charged with disorderly conduct and lewdness after allegedly urinating on the side of the bar counter while the active officer watched and laughed, according to NJ.com.
Court documents described in the report say security-camera footage showed a man urinating at the bar while talking with companions, leaving a wet area on the counter and floor. The documents say Post and the officer then looked at the puddle and laughed, and that the officer made no apparent attempt to intervene. The bar was open and serving customers. Franklin police said Post told them he did not remember the incident because he was intoxicated, according to the report.
The report says the men disputed an $88.03 tab after one objected to being charged for soda refills. Restaurant owner Bill Elig later asked police to ban the three men from the property. The report also says Post threw empty beer cans into the parking lot as a truck left, and that footage showed him getting into the driver’s seat before departing.
What the inquiry can establish
New Jersey’s Internal Affairs Policies and Procedures describe agency internal-affairs units as investigating alleged misconduct and recommending discipline to agency leaders. West Milford has confirmed the inquiry is open; the information reported so far does not establish a finding or disciplinary outcome.
Statewide figures offer scale, not a forecast for this case. New Jersey agencies reported opening more than 16,000 internal-affairs investigations in 2025, and more than a quarter of closed investigations resulted in a sustained finding, the Attorney General’s Office reported. The figures cover investigations across the state and do not indicate how West Milford’s inquiry will be resolved. The office also says its major-discipline reporting includes only final discipline after appeals are exhausted, not pending cases.
The state’s use-of-force policy requires officers to take steps to prevent and report improper uses of force. Its intervention provisions concern use of force; they do not, by themselves, establish whether the reported conduct at the bar violated separate department rules. Post, as a retired officer, is treated by West Milford as a private citizen rather than an employee subject to internal discipline.
