Detective Sergeant Christopher Tropiano admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, Tropiano used his office to gain a benefit, operated his assigned troop transportation while intoxicated, violated policy prohibiting certain activities on and off duty, and failed to properly secure his duty weapon. He received a 365 day suspension.
Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers
Failure To Safeguard - Troop Car
Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
The member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division. While off-duty, the member used his office to gain a benefit, operated his assigned troop transportation while intoxicated, violated policy prohibiting certain activities while employed as a New Jersey State Trooper both on and off duty, and failed to properly secure his duty weapon. The member received a 365 day suspension.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Christopher Tropiano's major discipline record?
Detective Sergeant Christopher Tropiano admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, Tropiano used his office to gain a benefit, operated his assigned troop transportation while intoxicated, violated policy prohibiting certain activities on and off duty, and failed to properly secure his duty weapon. He received a 365 day suspension.
What is Christopher Tropiano's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Christopher Tropiano has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Christopher Tropiano's pension on record?
Christopher Tropiano's reported monthly pension allowance is $5,809.60, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Christopher Tropiano has 20 years, 11 months of reported service.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Christopher Tropiano 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 Tropiano individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2670. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 361300 (member 44350744), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]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/. ↩