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Petra Krajnak

New Jersey Transit Police · 1 record · 2023

Suspended 20 days2023 · as reported

Officer Petra Krajnak was suspended for 20 days by the New Jersey Transit Police in 2023. Krajnak had been assigned to an overtime patrol detail on several occasions. An investigation by the NJTPD Office of Professional Standards found that Krajnak was in her personal vehicle while on duty. She acknowledged that while in her personal vehicle she may have "zoomed out" and briefly fell asleep due to being exhausted.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended 20 days
Rank as reported
P/O (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Prohibited Activity on Duty
  • Availabilty White on Duty
Separated while IA pending
not reported

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Krajnak was assigned to an overtime patrol detail on a several occasions. An investigation conducted by NJTPD's Office of Professional Standards, revealed Officer Krajnak was in her personal vehicle while on duty. Officer Krajnak acknowledged that while in her personal vehicle, she may have "zoomed out", she briefly fell asleep due to being exhausted. Officer Krajnak was suspended for 20 days.

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Other officers at New Jersey Transit Police

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

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$118,742
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
8 years, 6 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 Petra Krajnak's major discipline record?

Officer Petra Krajnak was suspended for 20 days by the New Jersey Transit Police in 2023. Krajnak had been assigned to an overtime patrol detail on several occasions. An investigation by the NJTPD Office of Professional Standards found that Krajnak was in her personal vehicle while on duty. She acknowledged that while in her personal vehicle she may have "zoomed out" and briefly fell asleep due to being exhausted.

What is Petra Krajnak's major discipline record at New Jersey Transit Police?

Petra Krajnak has one major discipline record at New Jersey Transit Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Petra Krajnak's base salary on record?

Petra Krajnak's reported base salary is $118,742, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Petra Krajnak has 8 years, 6 months of reported service.

How large is New Jersey Transit Police, the department Petra Krajnak worked for?

New Jersey Transit Police reported 303 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Petra Krajnak individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1896. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 242056, 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 8310. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩