The Stafford Township Police Department suspended Patrolman Rauch for 10 days in 2025 on a sustained charge of violating the department records rule. The record states that an internal affairs complaint from a citizen led to a finding that, a year earlier, Rauch had sent images of a police-owned computer screen displaying police database information to people outside the agency. He was also removed from the following year's Detective Bureau assignment.
Violation of Stafford Township Police Department's Rules & Regulations
specifically 3:4.2, Department Records.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
In October of 2025, an internal affairs complaint was received from a citizen and an investigation was initiated which revealed that a year prior, Officer Rauch had sent images of a police-owned computer screen displaying information from the police database to members outside this agency in an attempt to help them through a personal situation. This was in direct violation of the rules and regulations specified above. A ten day unpaid suspension was imposed along with the removal from the succeeding year’s Detective Bureau assignment.
Similar records
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Russell Dunfee · Stafford Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 30 days
Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Alcoholic Beverages
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Phillip Mauro · Stafford Township Police Department · 2022
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Austin Rauch's major discipline record?
The Stafford Township Police Department suspended Patrolman Rauch for 10 days in 2025 on a sustained charge of violating the department records rule. The record states that an internal affairs complaint from a citizen led to a finding that, a year earlier, Rauch had sent images of a police-owned computer screen displaying police database information to people outside the agency. He was also removed from the following year's Detective Bureau assignment.
What is Austin Rauch's major discipline record at Stafford Township Police Department?
Austin Rauch has one major discipline record at Stafford Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Austin Rauch's base salary on record?
Austin Rauch's reported base salary is $76,400, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Austin Rauch has 7 years, 7 months of reported service.
How large is Stafford Township Police Department, the department Austin Rauch worked for?
Stafford Township Police Department reported 62 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Austin Rauch individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 501. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 240472, 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 8534. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩