Officer Steven Kushner was suspended for 20 days by the Voorhees Township Police Department in 2024 and also received training, coaching or counseling. While preparing his patrol vehicle at his residence, Kushner left his department-issued patrol rifle propped against the vehicle and left for work, leaving it in the street. A 911 caller reported the unattended rifle, and officers recovered it. The agency said the rifle was left fully loaded and out of his control, and the incident resulted in a suspension of 160 hours.
While the Officer was getting his patrol vehicle ready for his shift at his residence, he left his VTPD issued patrol rifle propped up against his vehicle and left for work. The rifle was left behind laying in the street. A 911 call reported the unattended rifle and officers responded and took possession of it. The patrol rifle was left unattended and fully loaded in the public and out of the officer's control for a period of time. The incident resulted in a suspension of 160 hours.
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What is a summary of Steven Kushner's major discipline record?
Officer Steven Kushner was suspended for 20 days by the Voorhees Township Police Department in 2024 and also received training, coaching or counseling. While preparing his patrol vehicle at his residence, Kushner left his department-issued patrol rifle propped against the vehicle and left for work, leaving it in the street. A 911 caller reported the unattended rifle, and officers recovered it. The agency said the rifle was left fully loaded and out of his control, and the incident resulted in a suspension of 160 hours.
What is Steven Kushner's major discipline record at Voorhees Township Police Department?
Steven Kushner has one major discipline record at Voorhees Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Steven Kushner's base salary on record?
Steven Kushner's reported base salary is $68,172, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Steven Kushner has 8 years, 5 months of reported service.
How large is Voorhees Township Police Department, the department Steven Kushner worked for?
Voorhees Township Police Department reported 55 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 Kushner individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1024. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 239098, 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 8262. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩