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Joseph Trombetta

Middle Township Police Department · 1 record · 2022

Suspended 180 days2022 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Suspended 180 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
N.J.A.C. 4A:2.3(a)(12)
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

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.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Jeffery Rigg · Middle Township Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 60 days

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  • Joshua Byran · Middle Township Police Department · 2020

    Suspended 45 days

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  • Phillip Johnson · Middle Township Police Department · 2020

    Suspended 45 days

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  • Joshua Bryan · Middle Township Police Department · 2022

    Terminated

    Sustained charge(s): (3) counts of N.J.A.C. 4A:2.3(a)(12)

    same agency · same year

  • Kevin Craig · Absecon City Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): 3:1.5 Performance of Duty

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Other officers at Middle Township Police Department

7 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Joseph Trombetta's major discipline record?

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.

What is Joseph Trombetta's major discipline record at Middle Township Police Department?

Joseph Trombetta has one major discipline record at Middle Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Joseph Trombetta's base salary on record?

Joseph Trombetta's reported base salary is $69,642, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Joseph Trombetta has 4 years, 9 months of reported service.

How large is Middle Township Police Department, the department Joseph Trombetta worked for?

Middle Township Police Department reported 52 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Joseph Trombetta individually.

Sources

  1. [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. [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/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8271. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩