Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Brian Schank

Manalapan Township Police Department · 1 record · 2022

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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 180 days

Rank as reported: Patrolman
Sustained charge(s): 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)

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $143,444
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 17 years, 9 months

How to read this

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.

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/. ↩