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Bethesda Stokes

Trenton Police Department · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 5 days2025 · as reported

Lieutenant Bethesda Stokes was suspended for 5 days by the Trenton Police Department in 2025. Stokes ordered a lower ranking officer from another bureau to turn over their issued police vehicle to her without any authorization from the Police Director or his designee. The sustained charges included Other Sufficient Cause and Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, and General Orders.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 5 days
Rank as reported
Lieutenant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • (a)12
  • TPD Rule 3:1.5(a) Performance of Duty Official Or
  • Rule 3:1.7 Obedience to Laws
  • Ordinances
  • Rules
  • and General Orders
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Lieutenant Stokes ordered a lower ranking officer from another bureau to turn over their issued police vehicle to her without any authorization from the Police Director or his designee.

Similar records

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  • Nathan Bolognini · Trenton Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 8 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)7 Neglect of Duty, TPD Rule 3:1.5(b) Inefficiency or Incompetency of Supervisors and Superior Officers

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  • Jason Bouchard · Trenton Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)6 Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, 4A:2-2.3(a)12 Other Sufficient Causes, TPD Rule 3:1.1 Standards of Conduct,

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  • Aaron Camacho · Trenton Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)7 Neglect of Duty, TPD Rule Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, and General Orders

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  • Charles Lamin · Trenton Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): TPD Rule 3:1.5(b) Inefficiency or Incompetency of Supervisors and Superior Officers, 3:1.5(e) Accountability of Supervisors, 3:1.7

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  • Tomas Martinez · Trenton Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)12 General Causes-Other Sufficient Cause, 4A:2-2.3(a)1 Incompetency, Inefficiency, or Failure to Perform Duties,

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Other officers at Trenton Police Department

39 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 39 at the Trenton Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$182,380
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
27 years, 10 months

How to read this

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Questions and answers

What is a summary of Bethesda Stokes's major discipline record?

Lieutenant Bethesda Stokes was suspended for 5 days by the Trenton Police Department in 2025. Stokes ordered a lower ranking officer from another bureau to turn over their issued police vehicle to her without any authorization from the Police Director or his designee. The sustained charges included Other Sufficient Cause and Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, and General Orders.

What is Bethesda Stokes's major discipline record at Trenton Police Department?

Bethesda Stokes has one major discipline record at Trenton Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Bethesda Stokes's base salary on record?

Bethesda Stokes's reported base salary is $182,380, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Bethesda Stokes has 27 years, 10 months of reported service.

How large is Trenton Police Department, the department Bethesda Stokes worked for?

Trenton Police Department reported 239 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Bethesda Stokes individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 430. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 229641, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8379. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.