Unsatisfactory Performance & Use & care of Police Veh.
Other sanction
Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Police Officer Kevin Lenkowski was suspended for 5 days by the New Jersey Transit Police in 2025 and received a monetary fine or loss of pay. Damage was observed on a department vehicle after it had been secured at the end of a tour of duty. Lenkowski had reported that a vehicle inspection was completed and no damage was noted at that time. Communications later received a report alleging involvement in a motor vehicle incident with a department vehicle.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Damage was observed on a department vehicle after it had been secured at the end of a tour of duty. The assigned officer reported that a vehicle inspection had been completed, and no damage was noted at that time. At a later point, communications received a report alleging involvement in a motor vehicle incident with a department vehicle.
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 555. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 242066, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩