Sergeant Matthew Sosnicki admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. Sosnicki conducted an improper search of an individual working inside an NJSP facility and failed to document the incident. The sustained charges were inappropriate actions on duty and illegal search. He received a 10 day suspension.
The member admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the Division. The member conducted an improper search of an individual working inside an NJSP facility and failed to document the incident. The member received a 10 day suspension.
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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, "Matthew Sosnicki, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/matthew-sosnicki-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Matthew Sosnicki's major discipline record?
Sergeant Matthew Sosnicki admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. Sosnicki conducted an improper search of an individual working inside an NJSP facility and failed to document the incident. The sustained charges were inappropriate actions on duty and illegal search. He received a 10 day suspension.
What is Matthew Sosnicki's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Matthew Sosnicki has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Matthew Sosnicki's base salary on record?
Matthew Sosnicki's reported base salary is $134,477, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Matthew Sosnicki has 20 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Matthew Sosnicki 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 Matthew Sosnicki individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2666. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 254413, 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/. ↩