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.
Standards of Conduct 3:7.1 Alcoholic Beverages and Drugs
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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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Gary Wasko, Mercer County Prosecutor's Office," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/gary-wasko-mercer-co-prosecutor-office/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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]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]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]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/. ↩