Trooper I Stephen Spitaleri admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while on duty. As an academy instructor, Spitaleri engaged in repeated unprofessional and inappropriate behavior toward a female recruit. The sustained charges included culpable inefficiency and disobeying a written order. He received a 60 day suspension.
Member admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the Division while on-duty. As an academy instructor, the member engaged in repeated unprofessional and inappropriate behavior toward a female recruit. The member received a 60 day suspension.
Sustained charge(s): Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Questionable Conduct - Off Duty, Careless Driving, Failure to Report MV Accident, Leaving the Scene of…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): Attempting to Use Position to Intimidate and Gain Favor, Failure to Take Appropriate Police Action, Assault by Auto, Leaving the Scene of…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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.
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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Cite this page
Police Transparency NJ, "Stephen Spitaleri, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/stephen-spitaleri-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Stephen Spitaleri's major discipline record?
Trooper I Stephen Spitaleri admitted to acting in an official capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while on duty. As an academy instructor, Spitaleri engaged in repeated unprofessional and inappropriate behavior toward a female recruit. The sustained charges included culpable inefficiency and disobeying a written order. He received a 60 day suspension.
What is Stephen Spitaleri's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Stephen Spitaleri has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Stephen Spitaleri's base salary on record?
Stephen Spitaleri's reported base salary is $123,042, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Stephen Spitaleri has 19 years of reported service.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Stephen Spitaleri 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 Stephen Spitaleri individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2302. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 254429, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]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/. ↩