Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Tahje Abarca

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

TerminatedSuspended 45 days

Rank as reported: SCPO
Sustained charge(s): Personal Conduct- &Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending: No

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

The Dept Of Corrections terminated SCPO Tahje Abarca in 2023, and the record also shows a 45 day suspension; the sanctions co-occurred. The record states that on 7/15/22 Abarca made fictitious 911 calls reporting that North Brunswick police were going to shoot her, repeatedly identified herself as a law enforcement officer, and was disrespectful to a North Brunswick officer after her vehicle broke down in an intersection. North Brunswick Police Department provided video and audio evidence. Sustained charges included conduct unbecoming.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

7/15/22 SID received allegations of unprofessional conduct from North Brunswick police department about SCPO Tahje Abarca. Officer Abarca made fictitious 911 phone calls to report that the police of North Brunswick were going to “shoot her” she also repeatedly identified herself as a law enforcement officer, then when the North Brunswick PD requested for her to identify herself and her department she went on numerous tirades. The whole incident was brought on because her vehicle had broken down in an intersection and when the North Brunswick PD got a towing company from the town to move the vehicle she refused to get out of her vehicle because she wanted to wait for AAA. North Brunswick Police Department provided video and audio recorded evidence which showed Officer Abarca being disrespectful to a North Brunswick Police Officer.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $90,079
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 8 years, 6 months

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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 1948. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 212074, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩