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Gary Wasko

Mercer County Prosecutor's Office · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 6 days2024 · as reported

Captain Gary Wasko of the Mercer County Prosecutors Office was suspended for 6 days in 2024 under the standards of conduct governing alcoholic beverages and drugs. On August 20, 2024, Wasko was seen after work hours consuming an alcoholic beverage in a public establishment while unarmed, while wearing a Mercer County Prosecutor's Office uniform shirt, and then operating his county-issued vehicle.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 6 days
Rank as reported
Captain (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Chapter III
  • Standards of Conduct 3:7.1 Alcoholic Beverages and Drugs
Separated while IA pending
not reported

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On August 20, 2024, Captain Gary Wasko was seen after work hours consuming an alcoholic beverage in a public establishment while unarmed, but while wearing a Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office uniform shirt and then operating his county issued vehicle.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Sherika Salmon · Mercer County Prosecutor's Office · 2024

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Chapter IX Discipline 9:2c = Neglect of Duty

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael DiBona · Allenhurst Police Department · 2024

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    Sustained charge(s): Prohibited activity on duty.

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • William Reng · Asbury Park Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Body Worn Camera Policy Violation

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  • Michael Vega · Atlantic City Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 90 days

    Sustained charge(s): Other Rule Violation; Prohibited Acts on-Duty & Other Rule Violation; Standards of Conduct

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  • Warren Young · Atlantic City Police Department · 2024

    Suspended (days not reported)

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Other officers at Mercer County Prosecutor's Office

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$10,948.92
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$10,948.92
Final salary basis
$198,320
Retired
February 2025
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
26 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 Gary Wasko's major discipline record?

Captain Gary Wasko of the Mercer County Prosecutors Office was suspended for 6 days in 2024 under the standards of conduct governing alcoholic beverages and drugs. On August 20, 2024, Wasko was seen after work hours consuming an alcoholic beverage in a public establishment while unarmed, while wearing a Mercer County Prosecutor's Office uniform shirt, and then operating his county-issued vehicle.

What is Gary Wasko's major discipline record at Mercer County Prosecutor's Office?

Gary Wasko has one major discipline record at Mercer County Prosecutor's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Gary Wasko's pension on record?

Gary Wasko's reported monthly pension allowance is $10,948.92, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Gary Wasko has 26 years, 3 months of reported service.

How large is Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, the department Gary Wasko worked for?

Mercer County Prosecutor's Office reported 65 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Gary Wasko individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1147. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 363360 (member 44353457), 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 8386. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩