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Daniel Higgins

New Jersey State Police · 3 records · 2025

Separated while IA pendingmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

Higgins has 3 sustained major discipline records from New Jersey State Police, all from 2025. The records include separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Domestic Violence - Harassment; Domestic Violence - Harassment; Domestic Violence - Harassment, Contempt of Court.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Separated while IA pending

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Trooper Daniel Higgins was substantiated for attempts to contact another individual against a court order, a sustained charge of domestic violence harassment. Higgins resigned from the New Jersey State Police in 2025 before discipline was imposed.

Rank as reported
Trooper (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Domestic Violence - Harassment
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member was substantiated for attempts to contact another individual against a court order. The member resigned prior to the imposition of discipline.

Major discipline · 2025[2]

Separated while IA pending

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In a separate 2025 matter, Trooper Daniel Higgins was substantiated for harassing behavior toward another individual, a sustained charge of domestic violence harassment. Higgins resigned from the New Jersey State Police before discipline was imposed.

Rank as reported
Trooper (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Domestic Violence - Harassment
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member was substantiated for harassing behavior towards another individual. The member resigned prior to the imposition of discipline.

Major discipline · 2025[3]

Separated while IA pending

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Trooper Daniel Higgins was substantiated for harassing behavior toward another individual and violating a court order. The sustained charges were domestic violence harassment and contempt of court. Higgins resigned from the New Jersey State Police in 2025 before discipline was imposed.

Rank as reported
Trooper (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Domestic Violence - Harassment
  • Contempt of Court
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member was substantiated for harassing behavior towards another individual and violating a court order. The member resigned prior to the imposition of discipline.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Bryan Brownlee · New Jersey State Police · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Inappropriate Actions - On Duty, Left Assigned Area or Post Without Permission, Unjustified Motor Vehicle Stop, Unsafe/Improper Stop

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Shane Dempsey · New Jersey State Police · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Domestic Violence - Assault

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • John Kerrison · New Jersey State Police · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Driving While Intoxicated, Violation of Traffic Law, Questionable Conduct - Off Duty

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Andrew Menzoni · New Jersey State Police · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Domestic Violence - Criminal Mischief, Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Disobey Written Order

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Carlos Mera · New Jersey State Police · 2024

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Violation of Criminal Law, Driving While Intoxicated, Violation of Traffic Law

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at New Jersey State Police

94 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 94 at the New Jersey State Police page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Daniel Higgins's major discipline record?

Higgins has 3 sustained major discipline records from New Jersey State Police, all from 2025. The records include separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Domestic Violence - Harassment; Domestic Violence - Harassment; Domestic Violence - Harassment, Contempt of Court.

What is Daniel Higgins's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?

Daniel Higgins has 3 major discipline records 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 Daniel Higgins 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 Daniel Higgins individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 539. 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 540. 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 541. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  4. [4]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/.