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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.
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
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Kevin Lenkowski · New Jersey Transit Police · 2025
Suspended 5 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Performance & Use & care of Police Veh.
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Joseph Carullo · New Jersey Transit Police · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty & General Duties & Responsiblilities
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Petra Krajnak · New Jersey Transit Police · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Prohibited Activity on Duty, Availabilty White on Duty
same agency · similar sanction outcome
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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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.
Kevin O'Brien's reported base salary is $118,742, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Kevin O'Brien has 18 years, 7 months of reported service.
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.