Detective Sergeant Steven Foster admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. During a dispute, Foster denied another person of property and damaged it, and falsely reported an assault so as to cause another to be arrested without merit. He also failed to surrender firearms pursuant to an investigation and provided false information to internal investigators. He received a 365 day suspension.
Failure To Notify The Division Of Information To Which The Division Would Take Cognizance
Intentionally Providing False Information During A Misconduct Investigation
Use Of Position To Intimidate Or Gain Favor
Criminal Mischief
Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related
Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
The member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division. During a dispute, the member denied another of property, damaging it in the process, and falsely reported an assault so as to cause another to be arrested without merit. The member also failed to surrender firearms pursuant to an investigation and provided false information to internal investigators. The member received a 365 day suspension.
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…
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Police Transparency NJ, "Steven Foster, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/steven-foster-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Steven Foster's major discipline record?
Detective Sergeant Steven Foster admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. During a dispute, Foster denied another person of property and damaged it, and falsely reported an assault so as to cause another to be arrested without merit. He also failed to surrender firearms pursuant to an investigation and provided false information to internal investigators. He received a 365 day suspension.
What is Steven Foster's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Steven Foster has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Steven Foster 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 Steven Foster individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2671. 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/. ↩