Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Kevin Scherba

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2025

About this data

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 278 days

Rank as reported: Trooper I
Sustained charge(s): Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Driving While Intoxicated, Unsafe Operation of Troop Car Causing Damage, Reporting Requirements, Leaving the Scene of MV Accident, Unauthorized Use of Troop Transportation
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $117,202
Pension fund: State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
Reported years of service: 13 years, 10 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.

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/. ↩