Officer Daved Tropper separated from the NJ Department of Human Services while an internal affairs matter was pending in 2024. From September to November 2023, Tropper repeatedly harassed a fellow female officer after failing to establish a romantic relationship, which led to a hostile work environment. An Equal Employment Opportunity investigation and an internal affairs investigation substantiated that Tropper sexually harassed the officer by sending inappropriate text messages after his advances were rejected. The agency initially sought his removal and ultimately settled the matter as a general resignation.
Any improper conduct which violates common decency
Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision
Unwelcomed sexual advances, request for sexual favors and or ther verbal or physical conduct, based on the gender of the employee, had been used for all purposes of or has had the affect of unreasonably intimidating, hostile or offensive working enviornment which includes-Inappropriately unwanted, offensive physical or verbal sexual advances and commnets
Gross sexual imposition such as touching fonding, grabbing or assault
of a public employee
Discrimination that affects equal employment opportunity-includidng Sexual Harrassment
Other sufficient causes
All other Conduct-Misconduct by police officer
Prohibited Activity On-Duty-Taking any photographs, pictures, digital images that are not related to the job
Prohibited Activity On-Duty-Pursuing personal relationships with or without coercion created by an officer's official authority
Prohibited Activity On-Duty- Sexual Activiaty of any kind
Harassment in the Workplace
an Officer
Conduct toward other agency employees
Reporting Violations of Laws, Ordinances, Rules and Written Directives
Cooperation
Standard of Conduct
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On November 15, 2023 it was reported that from September to November of 2023 Officer Daved Tropper repeatedely harassed a fellow female officer after failing to establish a romantic relationship which then lead to a hostile work environment. Furthermore, it was substantiated through an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Investigation and an Internal Affairs Investigation that Officer Tropper sexually harassed a fellow officer by sending inappropriate text messages after his sexual advances were rejected. The agency initially sought removal of Officer Tropper, but ultimately settled as a general resignation.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Daved Tropper's major discipline record?
Officer Daved Tropper separated from the NJ Department of Human Services while an internal affairs matter was pending in 2024. From September to November 2023, Tropper repeatedly harassed a fellow female officer after failing to establish a romantic relationship, which led to a hostile work environment. An Equal Employment Opportunity investigation and an internal affairs investigation substantiated that Tropper sexually harassed the officer by sending inappropriate text messages after his advances were rejected. The agency initially sought his removal and ultimately settled the matter as a general resignation.
What is Daved Tropper's major discipline record at New Jersey Department Of Human Services?
Daved Tropper has one major discipline record at New Jersey Department Of Human Services in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is New Jersey Department Of Human Services, the department Daved Tropper worked for?
New Jersey Department Of Human Services reported 72 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Daved Tropper individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1415. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8384. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩