Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2025
Separated while IA pending2025 · as reported
Trooper Shane Dempsey was substantiated for assaulting another individual and causing visible signs of injury, a sustained charge of domestic violence assault. According to the New Jersey State Police record, Dempsey was terminated from employment in 2025 before discipline was imposed.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
Separated while IA pendingSynopsis as reported by the agency
Member was substantiated for assaulting another individual causing visible signs of injury and was terminated from employment prior to the imposition of discipline.
Michael Hicks · New Jersey State Police · 2025
Suspended 439 daysSustained charge(s): Domestic Violence - Assault, Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers, Failure to…
same agency · same year · similar charge category
Michael Travis · New Jersey State Police · 2025
TerminatedSustained charge(s): Assault by Auto, Careless Driving, Use of Cell Phone While Driving, Failure to Report MV Accident, Failure to Notify the Division of…
same agency · same year · similar charge category
John Brown · Department Of Corrections · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (3) Inability to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause…
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Radian Dixon-Byron · Department Of Corrections · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): N.J.A.C.4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (60 Conduct unbecoming a public employee; (12) Other sufficient cause. HRB 84-17, as amended C11-…
same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Bryan Brownlee · New Jersey State Police · 2025
Separated while IA pendingSustained charge(s): Inappropriate Actions - On Duty, Left Assigned Area or Post Without Permission, Unjustified Motor Vehicle Stop, Unsafe/Improper Stop…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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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Trooper Shane Dempsey was substantiated for assaulting another individual and causing visible signs of injury, a sustained charge of domestic violence assault. According to the New Jersey State Police record, Dempsey was terminated from employment in 2025 before discipline was imposed.
Shane Dempsey 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.
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 Shane Dempsey individually.