Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Jason Culver

Highland Park Police Department · 1 record · 2022

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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 45 days

Rank as reported: Sergeant
Sustained charge(s): Obedience to Laws & Regulations
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

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

Sergeant Jason Culver was suspended for 45 days by the Highland Park Police Department. On May 20, 2022, Culver was arrested in South Plainfield on suspicion of driving under the influence after a motor vehicle crash in which he struck an unoccupied parked vehicle. In municipal court there was no finding of intoxication, and the matter was resolved with a guilty plea for reckless driving. Charges of obedience to laws and regulations and conduct unbecoming were sustained.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On May 20, 2022, Sgt Jason Culver was arrested in South Plainfield for suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) following a motor vehicle crash where he struck an unoccupied parked motor vehicle. These charges were heard in municipal court where there was no finding of intoxication and the matter was resolved with a guilty plea for reckless driving. Due to his actions, Sgt Culver was suspended for 45 days for violations of two of Highland Park Police Department’s Rules and Regulations; specifically: Obedience to Laws & Regulations and .

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $164,179
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 24 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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2228. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 220269, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩