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David De Jesus

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2024

TerminatedSuspended 584 days2024 · as reported

Sergeant First Class David De Jesus admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. According to the record, De Jesus allowed a minor access to his hotel room where alcohol was present and later impeded the minor from leaving. He received a 584 day suspension and was terminated from employment with the Division in 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

TerminatedSuspended 584 days
Rank as reported
Sergeant First Class (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Violation of Criminal Law
  • Offering Alcoholic Beverages to Underage Person
  • False Imprisionment
  • Intentional False Statements
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division while off-duty. The member allowed a minor access to his hotel room where alcohol was present and later impeded the minor from leaving the room. The member received a 584 day suspension and was terminated from employment with the Division.

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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 a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of David De Jesus's major discipline record?

Sergeant First Class David De Jesus admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. According to the record, De Jesus allowed a minor access to his hotel room where alcohol was present and later impeded the minor from leaving. He received a 584 day suspension and was terminated from employment with the Division in 2024.

What is David De Jesus's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?

David De Jesus has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does David De Jesus's record show a termination?

Yes. At least one of David De Jesus's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.

How large is New Jersey State Police, the department David De Jesus 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 David De Jesus individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1285. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]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/.