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Robert Blackburn

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 30 days2025 · as reported

Sergeant First Class Robert Blackburn admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while on duty. Blackburn instructed a subordinate to sell state-owned property and received a 30 day suspension in 2025. The sustained charges were disobeying a written order and culpable inefficient supervision.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 30 days
Rank as reported
Sergeant First Class (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Disobey Written Order
  • Culpable Inefficient Supervision
Separated while IA pending
No

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 instructed a subordinate to sell state-owned property and received a 30 day suspension.

Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.

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Other officers at New Jersey State Police

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

All 94 at the New Jersey State Police page

Compensation and pension

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Cite this page

Police Transparency NJ, "Robert Blackburn, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/robert-blackburn-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Robert Blackburn's major discipline record?

Sergeant First Class Robert Blackburn admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while on duty. Blackburn instructed a subordinate to sell state-owned property and received a 30 day suspension in 2025. The sustained charges were disobeying a written order and culpable inefficient supervision.

What is Robert Blackburn's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?

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

How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Robert Blackburn worked for?

New Jersey State Police reported 3,351 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Robert Blackburn individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 531. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8645. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩