Patrolman Brian Schank was suspended for 180 days by the Manalapan Township Police Department in 2022. On September 5, 2021, Schank was involved in a motor vehicle crash while off-duty and was charged with DWI and refusal to submit a breath sample. On February 10, 2022, he pled guilty to refusal to submit a breath sample. An internal affairs investigation resulted in numerous sustained administrative charges, including misconduct, neglect of duty, and conduct unbecoming a member of the service.
Gen. Order-Code of Ethics/Rules and Regulations: Misconduct
Standards of Conduct
Obedience to Laws and Regulations
Oath of Office
Cause for Removal
Disorderly Conduct
Willful Violation of Rules and Regulation and of a Member of Service.
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On September 5, 2021, Patrolman Schank was involved in a motor vehicle crash while off-duty. Ptl. Schank was subsequently charged with DWI/Refusal to Submit Breath Sample. On February 10, 2022, Ptl. Schank pled guilty to Refusal to Submit Breath Sample. An Internal Affairs Investigation was conducted where Ptl. Schank received numerous sustained administrative charges and was suspended for 6 months.
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Other officers at Manalapan Township Police Department
2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Brian Schank's major discipline record?
Patrolman Brian Schank was suspended for 180 days by the Manalapan Township Police Department in 2022. On September 5, 2021, Schank was involved in a motor vehicle crash while off-duty and was charged with DWI and refusal to submit a breath sample. On February 10, 2022, he pled guilty to refusal to submit a breath sample. An internal affairs investigation resulted in numerous sustained administrative charges, including misconduct, neglect of duty, and conduct unbecoming a member of the service.
What is Brian Schank's major discipline record at Manalapan Township Police Department?
Brian Schank has one major discipline record at Manalapan Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Brian Schank's base salary on record?
Brian Schank's reported base salary is $143,444, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Brian Schank has 17 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is Manalapan Township Police Department, the department Brian Schank worked for?
Manalapan Township Police Department reported 68 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Brian Schank individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2256. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 238485, 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 8441. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩