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.
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.
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What is a summary of Francesca Schweiger's major discipline record?
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.
What is Francesca Schweiger's major discipline record at Howell Township Police Department?
Francesca Schweiger has one major discipline record at Howell Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Francesca Schweiger's base salary on record?
Francesca Schweiger's reported base salary is $86,284, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Francesca Schweiger has 7 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Howell Township Police Department, the department Francesca Schweiger worked for?
Howell Township Police Department reported 97 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Francesca Schweiger individually.
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/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8434. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩