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Stephen Spitaleri

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2022

Suspended 60 days2022 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Suspended 60 days
Rank as reported
Trooper I (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Culpable
  • Questionable Conduct - On Duty
  • Disobey Written Order
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

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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

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$123,042
Pension fund
State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
Reported years of service
19 years

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.

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. [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. [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. [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/. ↩