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Kevin Scherba

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 278 days2025 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 278 days
Rank as reported
Trooper I (see this rank)
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

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.

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Other officers at New Jersey State Police

94 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 94 at the New Jersey State Police page

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.

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. [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. [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. [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/. ↩