Detective II Christopher Castro Rangel admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while on duty. Castro Rangel failed to safeguard sensitive information on his phone, which was uploaded to his personal computer and accessed by another. He received a 10 day suspension in 2025. The sustained charges included unauthorized use or access of law enforcement databases.
Unauthorized Use/Access of Law Enforcement Databases
Questionable Conduct - On Duty
Failure to Notify Division of Personal Knowledge of Prohibited Conduct by Another Member
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Member admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the Division while on duty. The member failed to safeguard sensitive information on his phone which was uploaded to his personal computer and accessed by another. The member received a 10 day suspension.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Christopher Castro Rangel's major discipline record?
Detective II Christopher Castro Rangel admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while on duty. Castro Rangel failed to safeguard sensitive information on his phone, which was uploaded to his personal computer and accessed by another. He received a 10 day suspension in 2025. The sustained charges included unauthorized use or access of law enforcement databases.
What is Christopher Castro Rangel's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Christopher Castro Rangel has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Christopher Castro Rangel worked for?
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 Christopher Castro Rangel individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 534. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8645. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩