Detective Sergeant Mark Wettengel admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. Wettengel operated his assigned troop transportation to facilitate the purchase of an alcoholic beverage and later failed to make proper notifications following a crash. He received a 30 day suspension in 2025.
Member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division while off duty. The member operated his assigned troop transportation to facilitate the purchase of an alcoholic beverage and later failed to make proper notifications following a crash. The member received a 30 day suspension.
Sustained charge(s): Inappropriate Actions Towards Another Member, Disobey Written Order, Intentionally Providing False Information During a Misconduct…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized Use/Access of Law Enforcement Databases, Questionable Conduct - On Duty, Failure to Notify Division of Personal Knowledge of…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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, "Mark Wettengel, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/mark-wettengel-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Mark Wettengel's major discipline record?
Detective Sergeant Mark Wettengel admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. Wettengel operated his assigned troop transportation to facilitate the purchase of an alcoholic beverage and later failed to make proper notifications following a crash. He received a 30 day suspension in 2025.
What is Mark Wettengel's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Mark Wettengel 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 Mark Wettengel's base salary on record?
Mark Wettengel's reported base salary is $128,587, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Mark Wettengel has 17 years, 8 months of reported service.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Mark Wettengel 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 Mark Wettengel individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 553. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 254764, 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/. ↩