Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sergeant Anthony Trohalides directed a patrol officer to disregard an abandoned 911 call and instead assist with a motor vehicle stop of an elderly female who had an active traffic warrant on October 6, 2021. Trohalides followed the vehicle to the driver's residence and made contact without announcing the stop on the radio as required, then changed the officer's report without approval. The Monroe Twp PD - Middlesex County sustained multiple rules violations, and the appeal became final in 2022. He was demoted and suspended for 50 days.
1.Failure to Supervise 2.Failure to comply with proper orders 3.Failure to respond to a radio call or leaving police vehicle without advising desk officer.
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Trohalides was demoted for violating departmental rules and regulations under chapter 79 . The conduct and violations occurred on 10/06/2021 involving a motor vehicle stop , but the appeal became final in 2022. Sgt. Trohalides had a patrol officer responding to an abandon 911 call to disregard the call to assist him with a motor vehicle stop involving an elderly female with an active traffic warrant. All comunications were conducted via cell phone by Sgt. Trohalides to his patrol officer involving this incident. Sgt. Trohalides followed the vehicle to the drivers residence in this jurisdiction made contact with the driver without calling out the motor vehicle stop as required on the police radio. Upon his officer's arrival he order his officer to advise police headquarters via radio of the motor vehilce stop and location. The officer subsequently placed the driver under arrest and transported the subject to police headquarters. The officer completed his required police report and Sgt. Trohalides subsequently changed the officer's report without his knowledge or approval. The investigation conducted along with witness statements concluded a sustained findings for multiple rules and regulations violations with Sgt. Trohalides actions.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Anthony Trohalides's major discipline record?
Sergeant Anthony Trohalides directed a patrol officer to disregard an abandoned 911 call and instead assist with a motor vehicle stop of an elderly female who had an active traffic warrant on October 6, 2021. Trohalides followed the vehicle to the driver's residence and made contact without announcing the stop on the radio as required, then changed the officer's report without approval. The Monroe Twp PD - Middlesex County sustained multiple rules violations, and the appeal became final in 2022. He was demoted and suspended for 50 days.
What is Anthony Trohalides's major discipline record at Monroe Township Police Department?
Anthony Trohalides has one major discipline record at Monroe Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Anthony Trohalides's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Anthony Trohalides at Monroe Township Police Department.
What is Anthony Trohalides's base salary on record?
Anthony Trohalides's reported base salary is $159,519, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Anthony Trohalides has 25 years, 11 months of reported service.
How large is Monroe Township Police Department, the department Anthony Trohalides worked for?
Monroe Township Police Department reported 74 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Anthony Trohalides individually.
How does Monroe Township Police Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Monroe Township Police Department in the lowest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Anthony Trohalides individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2245. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 242308, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8400. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩