Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Francesca Schweiger

Howell Township Police Department · 1 record · 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: Ptl.
Sustained charge(s): Good Moral or Ethical Character, Standards of Conduct, Conduct Towards Employees, Respect, Harassment in the Workplace
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Patrolman Francesca Schweiger was suspended by the Howell Township Police Department after an internal affairs investigation that began on July 24, 2024 from an anonymous complaint sent to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. The investigation found that Schweiger participated in presenting a multi-colored cake to a co-worker in relation to that co-worker's protected class, in violation of department rules and a general order on workplace harassment. Final discipline was imposed in 2025 and consisted of a suspension without pay for 100 hours.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On July 24, 2024, an internal affairs investigation was initiated based upon an anonymous complaint sent to the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office. The complaint indicated that an officer of the agency had been subjected to an incident that constituted an act of harassment in the workplace. Subsequent to the internal affairs investigation, it was discovered that Ptl. Francesca Schweiger participated in the presentation of a multi-colored cake to a co-worker in relation to that co-worker’s protected class. The incident violated both the Rules and Regulations of the Howell Township Police Department, as well as the General Order regarding Harassment in the Workplace. The internal affairs investigation concluded in the fourth quarter of 2024. Final discipline was imposed in 2025, which consisted of Ptl. Schweiger being suspended without pay for 100 hours.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $86,284
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 7 years, 3 months

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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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 462. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 240222, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩