Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2024
Separated while IA pending2024 · as reported
Trooper Carlos Mera was substantiated for operating a personally owned vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a sustained charge that included driving while intoxicated. Mera resigned from the New Jersey State Police in 2024 before discipline was imposed.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Separated while IA pendingSynopsis as reported by the agency
Member was substantiated for operating a personally owned vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The member resigned prior to the imposition of discipline.
Randall Wall · New Jersey State Police · 2024
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Failure to Safeguard - NJSP ID, Questionable Conduct - Off Duty, Failsification of Reports and Records
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Pagliughi · New Jersey State Police · 2024
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Use of CDS, Inappropriate Actions - On Duty, Failure to Take Appropriate Police Action, Questionable Associations, Left Assigned Area or…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Ramon Jenkins · New Jersey State Police · 2024
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Questionable Conduct - Off Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Bryan Brownlee · New Jersey State Police · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Inappropriate Actions - On Duty, Left Assigned Area or Post Without Permission, Unjustified Motor Vehicle Stop, Unsafe/Improper Stop…
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Shane Dempsey · New Jersey State Police · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Domestic Violence - Assault
same agency · similar sanction outcome
94 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Trooper Carlos Mera was substantiated for operating a personally owned vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a sustained charge that included driving while intoxicated. Mera resigned from the New Jersey State Police in 2024 before discipline was imposed.
Carlos Mera has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
New Jersey State Police reported 3,351 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Carlos Mera individually.