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Trenton Police Department · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 20 days2023 · as reported
Officer Chaliea Tarr received a 20-day suspension from the Trenton Police Department in 2023. Tarr was insubordinate when she failed to handle an assignment after being ordered to by the Sergeant. The sustained charge was Insubordination.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 20 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Tar was insubordinate when she failed to handle an assignment after being ordered to by the Sergeant.
Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.
Darren Zappley · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 95 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a public employee
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Gabriela Rodriguez · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 60 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a public employee
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Nelson Cartagena · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 51 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a public employee
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Vincent Mistretta · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a public employee
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Richard Reyes · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
39 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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Police Transparency NJ, "Chaliea Tarr, Trenton Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/chaliea-tarr-trenton-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Officer Chaliea Tarr received a 20-day suspension from the Trenton Police Department in 2023. Tarr was insubordinate when she failed to handle an assignment after being ordered to by the Sergeant. The sustained charge was Insubordination.
Chaliea Tarr has one major discipline record at Trenton Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Chaliea Tarr's reported base salary is $86,792, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Chaliea Tarr has 8 years, 3 months of reported service.
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 Chaliea Tarr individually.