Trooper II Alexander Lark was charged with resisting arrest, criminal mischief, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and cruelty toward animals under several New Jersey statutes. The New Jersey State Police record ties the charges to a Wayne Police Department investigation concerning a report that Lark acted erratically and attempted to remove a stop sign before assaulting an officer; his dog was found shot and killed at his residence. He was suspended from duty pending adjudication in 2025.
Member was charged with Resisting Arrest, NJSA 2C:29-2A(3)(A), a crime of the third degree; Criminal Mischief, NJSA 2C:17-3A(1), a crime of the fourth degree; Possession of Weapon for Unlawful Purpose, NJSA 2C:39-4A(1), a crime of the second degree; Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer, NJSA 2C:12-1B(5)(A), a crime of the fourth degree; and Cruelty Towards Animals, NJSA 4:22-17C(1), a crime of the third degree. The charges resulted from an investigation conducted by the Wayne Police Department (WPD) in which it was alleged that the member was observed acting erratically and attempted to remove a stop sign from the ground eventually assaulting a WPD officer. Tpr. II Lark’s dog was also discovered to be shot and killed at his residence. Member suspended from duty pending adjudication.
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What is a summary of Alexander Lark's major discipline record?
Trooper II Alexander Lark was charged with resisting arrest, criminal mischief, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, and cruelty toward animals under several New Jersey statutes. The New Jersey State Police record ties the charges to a Wayne Police Department investigation concerning a report that Lark acted erratically and attempted to remove a stop sign before assaulting an officer; his dog was found shot and killed at his residence. He was suspended from duty pending adjudication in 2025.
What is Alexander Lark's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Alexander Lark has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Alexander Lark worked for?
New Jersey State Police reported 3,351 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Alexander Lark individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 544. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8645. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩