Detective Roy Sanchez was found guilty of acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. Sanchez was arrested after driving a vehicle while intoxicated and causing a motor vehicle crash. The sustained charges included driving while intoxicated, driving with an open container of alcohol, and a violation of traffic law. He received a 180 day suspension.
Member was found guilty of acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division while off-duty. The member was arrested after driving a vehicle while intoxicated and causing a motor vehicle crash. The member received a 180 day suspension.
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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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Roy Sanchez, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/roy-sanchez-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Roy Sanchez's major discipline record?
Detective Roy Sanchez was found guilty of acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. Sanchez was arrested after driving a vehicle while intoxicated and causing a motor vehicle crash. The sustained charges included driving while intoxicated, driving with an open container of alcohol, and a violation of traffic law. He received a 180 day suspension.
What is Roy Sanchez's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Roy Sanchez has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Roy Sanchez 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 Roy Sanchez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1894. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[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/. ↩