Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Christopher Tropiano

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2021

About this data

Records on this page come from the Attorney General's major discipline releases: final, post-appeal discipline as reported by the employing agency. They are sustained charges, not allegations.
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Major discipline · 2021^[1]

Suspended 365 days

Rank as reported: Detective Sergeant
Sustained charge(s): Driving While Intoxicated, Unauthorized Use Of Troop Transportation, Failure To Safeguard - Off Duty Weapon, Failure To Safeguard - NJSP Duty Weapon, Gambling (On and Off Duty), Use Of Position To Intimidate Or Gain Favor, 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)

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

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.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance: $5,809.60
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living): $5,809.60
Final salary basis: $139,430
Retired: February 2025
Pension fund: State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
Reported years of service: 20 years, 11 months

How to read this

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 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/. ↩