Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Michael Gettler was terminated by the Trenton Police Department in 2025. Gettler failed a Random Urine Analysis by testing positive for Benzoylecgonine. The sustained charges included Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee and Inability to Perform Duties.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Gettler failed a Random Urine Analysis by testing positive for Benzoylecgonine.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Michael Gettler was terminated by the Trenton Police Department in 2024. Gettler tested positive for an illegal substance during a Random Urine Analysis. The record listed a sustained charge of Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Police Officer Michael Gettler tested positive for an illegal substance during a Random Urine Analysis
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 427. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1160. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩