Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Joseph Trombetta

Middle Township Police Department · 1 record · 2022

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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 180 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2.3(a)(12)
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

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

Officer Joseph Trombetta of the Middle Township Police Department received a 180-day suspension in 2022 under N.J.A.C. 4A:2.3(a)(12). According to the record, Trombetta had actual knowledge that a former co-worker procured and used anabolic steroids, a prohibited substance. He had a duty to report the activities to the department or take other appropriate measures but failed to do so. The sustained charge involved high ethical standards on and off duty.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Trombetta had actual knowledge that a former co-worker procured and used anabolic steroids, a prohibited substance. He had a duty to report his former co-worker's activities to the Middle Township Police Department and/or take other appropriate measures, but failed to do so. Sustained charge N.J.A.C. 4A:2.3(a)(12) High Ethical Standards on and off duty. Officer Trombetta received a 180 day suspension.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $69,642
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 4 years, 9 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 2136. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 240932, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩