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Dawn Shyner

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2020

Suspended 20 days2020 · as reported

Lieutenant Dawn Shyner was suspended for 20 days by the New Jersey State Police in 2020. Shyner was found guilty of failing to cooperate with an internal investigation by not providing full and complete information regarding possible misconduct by other members.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2020[1]

Suspended 20 days
Rank as reported
Lieutenant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not applicable
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member was found guilty of failing to cooperate with an internal investigation by not providing full and complete information regarding possible misconduct by other members.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Michael Kulik · New Jersey State Police · 2020

    Suspended 180 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Danyel Barnes · New Jersey State Police · 2020

    Suspended 60 days

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  • Paul Dreher · New Jersey State Police · 2020

    Suspended 20 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Paul Dreher · New Jersey State Police · 2020

    Suspended 10 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Adam-Paul Garcia · New Jersey State Police · 2020

    Suspended 20 days

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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

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$8,771.10
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$8,771.10
Final salary basis
$156,510
Retired
January 2022
Pension fund
State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
Reported years of service
27 years, 3 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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Dawn Shyner's major discipline record?

Lieutenant Dawn Shyner was suspended for 20 days by the New Jersey State Police in 2020. Shyner was found guilty of failing to cooperate with an internal investigation by not providing full and complete information regarding possible misconduct by other members.

What is Dawn Shyner's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?

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

What is Dawn Shyner's pension on record?

Dawn Shyner's reported monthly pension allowance is $8,771.10, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Dawn Shyner has 27 years, 3 months of reported service.

How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Dawn Shyner 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 Dawn Shyner individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2943. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 321063 (member 44284272), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  3. [3]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/.