Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Robert Vanco

Woodbridge Township Police Department · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 15 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): Operation of Motor Vehicles
Separated while IA pending: not reported

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

Woodbridge Twp PD reported that on January 23, 2023, Officer Robert Vanco was responsible for a motor vehicle crash that caused substantial damage to a utility pole and the two vehicles involved. The crash also resulted in injury to the driver of the other car and to the officer. Vanco was suspended for 15 days without pay. The sustained charge was Operation of Motor Vehicles.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On January 23rd, 2023 Officer Vanco was responsible for a motor vehicle crash that caused substantial damage to a utility pole and the two vehicles involved. It also resulted in injury to the driver of the other car and the officer. He was suspended for 15 days, unpaid.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $129,247
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 7 years, 2 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 1794. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 228393, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩