Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Jacob Sherry

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2022

About this data

Records on this page come from the Attorney General's major discipline releases: final, post-appeal discipline as reported by the employing agency. They are sustained charges, not allegations.
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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 1,673 days

Rank as reported: Trooper
Sustained charge(s): Attempting to Use Position to Intimidate and Gain Favor, Failure to Take Appropriate Police Action, Assault by Auto, Leaving the Scene of MV Accident, Intentional False Statements, Failure to Notify the Division of Information to Which the Division Would Take Cognizance, Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Misleading Reports, Failure to Carry Duty Weapon, Questionable Conduct - Off Duty
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

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

Trooper Jacob Sherry admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, Sherry was involved in a physical altercation with an individual after a minor motor vehicle crash, then caused another crash that injured another person and fled the scene, which resulted in a criminal charge. He provided incomplete information about his involvement to local law enforcement and later entered a Pre-Trial Intervention program to satisfy the criminal charge. Sherry received a 1,673 day suspension.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division. While off-duty, the member was involved in a physical altercation with an individual after a minor motor vehicle crash. The member subsequently caused another motor vehicle crash causing injury to another and fled the scene which resulted in a criminal charge. The member also provided incomplete information regarding their involvement to local law enforcement. The member later entered into a Pre-Trial Intervention program to satisfy the criminal charge. The member received a 1,673 day suspension.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $84,147
Pension fund: State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
Reported years of service: 5 years, 7 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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2306. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 254341, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩