Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
New Jersey Transit Police · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 8 days2021 · as reported
Officer Kevin O'Brien was suspended for 8 days by the New Jersey Transit Police in 2021. While off duty, O'Brien engaged in a physical altercation. When his weapon became dislodged, it unintentionally discharged. The agency did not provide the sustained charges.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 8 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
While off duty, Officer O'Brien engaged in a physical altercation. When his weapon became dislodged, it unintentionally discharged.
Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.
Melvin Webb · New Jersey Transit Police · 2021
Suspended 30 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Anthony Insalaco · New Jersey Transit Police · 2025
Suspended 134 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming an Officer & Off Duty
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Kevin Lenkowski · New Jersey Transit Police · 2025
Suspended 5 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Performance & Use & care of Police Veh.
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Joseph Carullo · New Jersey Transit Police · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty & General Duties & Responsiblilities
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Petra Krajnak · New Jersey Transit Police · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Prohibited Activity on Duty, Availabilty White on Duty
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5 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Kevin O'Brien, New Jersey Transit Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/kevin-o-brien-new-jersey-transit-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Officer Kevin O'Brien was suspended for 8 days by the New Jersey Transit Police in 2021. While off duty, O'Brien engaged in a physical altercation. When his weapon became dislodged, it unintentionally discharged. The agency did not provide the sustained charges.
Kevin O'Brien has one major discipline record at New Jersey Transit Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
New Jersey Transit Police reported 303 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Kevin O'Brien individually.