Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Randy Pangborn

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2022

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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: Sergeant First Class
Sustained charge(s): Disobey Written Order
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Sergeant First Class Randy Pangborn admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while on duty. Pangborn engaged in unprofessional gender-based comments and inappropriate, unwanted physical contact with coworkers on multiple occasions. He also failed to report derogatory language used by another enlisted member. He received a 10 day suspension.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the Division while on-duty. The member engaged in unprofessional gender-based comments, as well as inappropriate and unwanted physical contact with coworkers on multiple occasions. He also failed to report derogatory language used by another enlisted member. The member received a 10 day suspension.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance: $7,923.58
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living): $7,923.58
Final salary basis: $144,613
Retired: August 2022
Pension fund: State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
Reported years of service: 25 years, 9 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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2312. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 324959 (member 44291066), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩