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Damien Chromowsky

Raritan Police Department · 2 records · 2022, 2025

Other sanctionmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

Chromowsky has 2 sustained major discipline records from Raritan PD, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Action off duty; Obedience to laws and regulations; Operation of motor vehicles; Use of derogatory terms; Handling of firearms; Care of firearms off duty, outside home; Conduct towards the public; Incompetency or inefficiency; Conduct unbecoming a public employee; Repeated violations of departmental rules and regulations; Failure to comply with Chief€™s orders, directives, regulations; Improper use, handling or displaying of a firearm; Using rude or insulting language or conduct; offensive to the public; Other sufficient cause;; Failure to abide by department rules and regulations and body worn camera policy.

Discipline timeline, 2022 to 2025

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2022 to 2025

Major discipline records reported for Damien Chromowsky, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20221Suspension
20230No record published
20240No record published
20251Other or not reported
  • Suspension
  • Other or not reported

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Other sanction

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In 2025, Raritan PD reported that Officer Chromowsky deactivated his body worn camera while speaking with a possible suspect during a call for service. After officers cleared the scene, Chromowsky was involved in an on-duty altercation with a fellow officer, removed his bulletproof vest and threw it toward a police vehicle, which cracked the windshield. Chromowsky pled guilty to departmental rules including insubordination and the body worn camera policy. He received a 30 day loss of time punishment, totaling 360 hours, and later retired.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Failure to abide by department rules and regulations and body worn camera policy.
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

During a call for service, Chromowsky deactivated his body worn camera while speaking with a possible suspect. After officers cleared the scene, Chromowsky was involved in an on duty altercation with a fellow officer, concerning his behavior at the call. During the altercation, Chromowsky removed his bulletproof vest and threw it toward a police vehicle, causing a crack to the windshield. Chromowsky pled guilty to the following departmental Rules and Regulations: , Code of Ethics, Standards of Conduct, Performance of Duty, and Department Property and Equipment. Chromowsky pled guilty to the departmental Body Worn Camera Policy. He received a 30 day loss of time punishment, for a total of 360 hours. After the investigation was closed, Chromowsky retired from the department.

Major discipline · 2022[2]

Suspended 120 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In 2022, Raritan PD reported that Officer Chromowsky was involved in an off-duty incident on September 19, 2019. Chromowsky followed another vehicle that had improperly passed his personal vehicle on a double yellow line, then ordered the driver out of the vehicle at gunpoint while using profane and abusive language directed toward the driver. The sustained charges included conduct unbecoming a public employee, improper use of a firearm and obedience to laws. Chromowsky received a 120 day suspension without pay.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Action off duty
  • Obedience to laws and regulations
  • Operation of motor vehicles
  • Use of derogatory terms
  • Handling of firearms
  • Care of firearms off duty, outside home
  • Conduct towards the public
  • or
  • a public employee
  • Repeated violations of departmental rules and regulations
  • Failure to comply with Chief€™s orders, directives, regulations
  • Improper use, handling or displaying of a firearm
  • Using rude or insulting language or conduct
  • offensive to the public
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On September 19, 2019, Officer Damien Chromowsky was involved in an off-duty incident. Officer Chromowsky followed another vehicle that had improperly passed his personal vehicle on a double yellow line. Chromowsky ordered the driver of the vehicle out of the vehicle at gunpoint while using profane and abusive language directed towards the driver. Chromowsky received a 120 day suspension without pay.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Andrew Ragati · Raritan Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 4 days

    Sustained charge(s): Failure to abide by department rules and regulations. Truthfulness.

    same agency

  • Michael Boone · Asbury Park Police Department · 2025

    Demoted

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Toward Other Department Employees

    same year

  • Erwin Lopez-Gutierrez · Asbury Park Police Department · 2025

    Terminated

    Sustained charge(s): Truthfulness, Neglect of Duty, Performance of Duty, Reporting/Absence from Duty

    same year

  • Kamil Warraich · Asbury Park Police Department · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): See description

    same year

  • Julian Cuellar · Atlantic City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Relief, Performance of Duty, Neglect of Duty, Body Worn Camera

    same year

Other officers at Raritan Police Department

One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$5,414.62
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$5,414.62
Final salary basis
$129,951
Retired
August 2025
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
20 years, 1 month

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Damien Chromowsky's major discipline record?

Chromowsky has 2 sustained major discipline records from Raritan PD, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Action off duty; Obedience to laws and regulations; Operation of motor vehicles; Use of derogatory terms; Handling of firearms; Care of firearms off duty, outside home; Conduct towards the public; Incompetency or inefficiency; Conduct unbecoming a public employee; Repeated violations of departmental rules and regulations; Failure to comply with Chief€™s orders, directives, regulations; Improper use, handling or displaying of a firearm; Using rude or insulting language or conduct; offensive to the public; Other sufficient cause;; Failure to abide by department rules and regulations and body worn camera policy.

What is Damien Chromowsky's major discipline record at Raritan Police Department?

Damien Chromowsky has 2 major discipline records at Raritan Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Damien Chromowsky's pension on record?

Damien Chromowsky's reported monthly pension allowance is $5,414.62, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Damien Chromowsky has 20 years, 1 month of reported service.

How large is Raritan Police Department, the department Damien Chromowsky worked for?

Raritan Police Department reported 21 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Damien Chromowsky individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 527. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2299. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 527. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 527, 2299.
  4. [4]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 373179 (member 44370122), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  5. [5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8581. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.