Officer Charles Novak was suspended for 12 days by the Sayreville Police Department in 2023. The record states that on September 14, 2018, Novak was idling and loafing while assigned to a prisoner watch detail at the Crisis Unit of Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. The sustained charges were loafing or idling and conduct unbecoming.
Officer Charles Novak was suspended for 12 days (@8 hours a day) for a police officer and a violation of the Department Rules and Regulations for idling or loafing. On 9/14/18, Officer Novak was idling and loafing while assigned a prisoner watch detail at the Crisis Unit of Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy.
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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.
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What is a summary of Charles Novak's major discipline record?
Officer Charles Novak was suspended for 12 days by the Sayreville Police Department in 2023. The record states that on September 14, 2018, Novak was idling and loafing while assigned to a prisoner watch detail at the Crisis Unit of Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. The sustained charges were loafing or idling and conduct unbecoming.
What is Charles Novak's major discipline record at Sayreville Police Department?
Charles Novak has one major discipline record at Sayreville Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Charles Novak's base salary on record?
Charles Novak's reported base salary is $126,073, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Charles Novak has 21 years of reported service.
How large is Sayreville Police Department, the department Charles Novak worked for?
Sayreville Police Department reported 91 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Charles Novak individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1789. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 235097, 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 8406. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩