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.
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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Police Transparency NJ, "Petra Krajnak, New Jersey Transit Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/petra-krajnak-new-jersey-transit-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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]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]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]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/. ↩