TPD Rule 3:1.5(b) or of Supervisors and Superior Officers, 3:1.5(e) Accountability of Supervisors, 3:1.7 Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, and General Orders
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sergeant Charles Lamin was suspended for 30 days by the Trenton Police Department in 2025. Lamin failed to take corrective action, properly supervise, and terminate a dangerous motor vehicle pursuit of his subordinate that resulted in the offending vehicle crashing into another vehicle being driven by an innocent civilian. The sustained charges included Inefficiency or Incompetency of Supervisors and Superior Officers.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Lamin failed to take corrective action, properly supervise, and terminate a dangerous motor vehicle pursuit of his subordinate that resulted in the offending vehicle crashing into another vehicle being driven by an innocent civilian.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sergeant Charles Lamin was suspended for 30 days by the Trenton Police Department in 2024. Lamin failed to properly supervise a dangerous motor vehicle pursuit being conducted by his subordinate that resulted in the suspect vehicle crashing into another vehicle of an innocent civilian. He did not take corrective action during the pursuit and failed to terminate the pursuit. The sustained charge was Inefficiency or Incompetency of Supervisors and Superior Officers.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Charles Lamin failed to properly supervise a dangerous motor vehicle pursuit being conducted by his subordinate that resulted in the suspect vehicle crashing into another vehicle of an innocent civilian. Sergeant Lamin did not take corrective action during the pursuit and failed to terminate the pursuit.
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 428. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1154. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 229554, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩