Gettler has 2 sustained major discipline records from Trenton PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a termination. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)6 Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, 4A:2-2.3(a)12 Other Sufficient Cause, 4A:2-2.3(a)3 Inability to Perform Duties.
Discipline timeline, 2024 to 2025
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2 records, 2024 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Michael Gettler, by year
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.
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.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Michael Gettler's major discipline record?
Gettler has 2 sustained major discipline records from Trenton PD, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a termination. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)6 Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, 4A:2-2.3(a)12 Other Sufficient Cause, 4A:2-2.3(a)3 Inability to Perform Duties.
What is Michael Gettler's major discipline record at Trenton Police Department?
Michael Gettler has 2 major discipline records at Trenton Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Michael Gettler's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Michael Gettler's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025, 2024.
How large is Trenton Police Department, the department Michael Gettler worked for?
Trenton Police Department reported 239 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Michael Gettler individually.
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. ↩
[3]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. The timeline counts rows 427, 1160. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8379. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩