Trooper I Kevin Scherba waived his right to a General Disciplinary Hearing after being administratively charged with acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. According to the record, Scherba crashed his assigned troop transportation while intoxicated and left the scene. He received a 278 day suspension in 2025.
Member waived their right to a General Disciplinary Hearing after being administratively charged with acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division by crashing their assigned troop transportation while intoxicated and departing the scene. The member received a 278 day suspension.
Sustained charge(s): Inappropriate Actions Towards Another Member, Disobey Written Order, Intentionally Providing False Information During a Misconduct…
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Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized Use/Access of Law Enforcement Databases, Questionable Conduct - On Duty, Failure to Notify Division of Personal Knowledge of…
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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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Kevin Scherba, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/kevin-scherba-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Kevin Scherba's major discipline record?
Trooper I Kevin Scherba waived his right to a General Disciplinary Hearing after being administratively charged with acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. According to the record, Scherba crashed his assigned troop transportation while intoxicated and left the scene. He received a 278 day suspension in 2025.
What is Kevin Scherba's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Kevin Scherba has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Kevin Scherba's base salary on record?
Kevin Scherba's reported base salary is $117,202, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Kevin Scherba has 13 years, 10 months of reported service.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Kevin Scherba worked for?
New Jersey State Police reported 3,351 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 Scherba individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 550. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 254279, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8645. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩