Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

John Hibschman

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2023

About this data

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 86 days

Rank as reported: Sergeant
Sustained charge(s): Theft, Misleading Statements
Other sanction: Loss of time
Separated while IA pending: No

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

Sergeant John Hibschman admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while on duty. Hibschman took the property of another member and denied his actions when questioned. The sustained charges were theft and misleading statements. He received an 86 day suspension and forfeited all accrued time.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the Division while on-duty. The member took the property of another member and denied his actions when questioned. The member received an 86 day suspension and forfeited all accrued time.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance: $5,525.44
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living): $5,525.44
Final salary basis: $132,610
Retired: May 2023
Pension fund: State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
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 1893. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 338477 (member 44312556), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩