Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Steven Blantz

Lindenwold Borough Police Department · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 90 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): Code of Ethics, Use of Department Property and Equipment, Compromising Criminal or Traffic Cases/Investigation
Separated while IA pending: No

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

In 2023, Lindenwold Borough Police Department suspended Officer Blantz for 90 days. According to the record, internal affairs received information that Blantz accessed police databases while on and off duty to obtain information for personal reasons. The investigation found he searched the databases on several occasions to access information on people he may have known, with no law enforcement purpose. The sustained charges included a Code of Ethics violation and compromising criminal or traffic cases.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Internal Affairs received information regarding Ptl Steve Blantz accessing police databases while on and off duty to obtain information for personal reasons. Through further investigation it was revealed that Ptl. Blantz searched police databases on several occasion in order to access information on people that he may have known. These searches had no Law Enforcement purpose. Ptlm Blantz was suspended 90 days.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $90,696
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 11 years, 4 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 1608. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 239882, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩