Officer Tara Dzurkoc was terminated by the Trenton Police Department in 2024. Dzurkoc engaged in a physical altercation with another individual at a hotel. Police responded to the location, and Dzurkoc acted in an unprofessional and belligerent manner, failing to cooperate with the investigation. She was charged with Simple Assault and Obstructing the Administration of Law and pled guilty to Disorderly Conduct. The sustained charge was Conduct Unbecoming of a Public Employee.
Police Officer Tara Dzurkoc engaged in a physical altercation with another individual at a hotel. During the incident police responded to the location at which time Police Officer Tara Dzurkoc began to act in unprofessional and belligerent manner failing to cooperate with the investigation. Subsequently being charged with Simple Assault and Obstructing the Administration of Law. Police Officer Tara Dzurkoc pled guilty to Disorderly Conduct.
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Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)6 Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, 4A:2-2.3(a)12 Other Sufficient Cause, 4A:2-2.3(a)3 Inability to Perform Duties
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Tara Dzurkoc's major discipline record?
Officer Tara Dzurkoc was terminated by the Trenton Police Department in 2024. Dzurkoc engaged in a physical altercation with another individual at a hotel. Police responded to the location, and Dzurkoc acted in an unprofessional and belligerent manner, failing to cooperate with the investigation. She was charged with Simple Assault and Obstructing the Administration of Law and pled guilty to Disorderly Conduct. The sustained charge was Conduct Unbecoming of a Public Employee.
What is Tara Dzurkoc's major discipline record at Trenton Police Department?
Tara Dzurkoc has one major discipline record at Trenton Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Tara Dzurkoc's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Tara Dzurkoc's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Trenton Police Department, the department Tara Dzurkoc worked for?
Trenton Police Department reported 239 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Tara Dzurkoc individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1159. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8379. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩