Staff Sergeant Steven Read admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, Read became disorderly at a local establishment after consuming alcohol. When police responded, he failed to immediately provide identification when requested and directed profane language at a local officer. He received a 30 day suspension.
Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division. While off-duty, the member became disorderly at a local establishment after previously consuming alcohol. When police responded, the member failed to immediately provide identification when requested and directed profane language at a local officer. The member received a 30 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
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Steven Read, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/steven-read-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Steven Read's major discipline record?
Staff Sergeant Steven Read admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, Read became disorderly at a local establishment after consuming alcohol. When police responded, he failed to immediately provide identification when requested and directed profane language at a local officer. He received a 30 day suspension.
What is Steven Read's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Steven Read 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 Steven Read's base salary on record?
Steven Read's reported base salary is $134,477, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Steven Read has 24 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Steven Read 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 Read individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2310. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 254042, 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/. ↩