Officer Thomas Koszalka was suspended for 15 days by the Rahway Police Department on a sustained performance of duty charge. The record states that Koszalka used a vape device while on duty in a patrol vehicle with a member of the public in the backseat, used harsh and profane language while dealing with a member of the public, and failed to perform his duties during a domestic violence investigation.
Violation of R.P.D. Policy G-05-17 Performance of Duty
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Thomas Koszalka was suspended for 15 days for using a vape device while on duty, in a patrol vehicle, with a member of the public in the backseat. He also used harsh and profane language while dealing with a member of the public, and failed to perform his duties as required by law during a domestic violence investigation.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
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.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Thomas Koszalka's major discipline record?
Officer Thomas Koszalka was suspended for 15 days by the Rahway Police Department on a sustained performance of duty charge. The record states that Koszalka used a vape device while on duty in a patrol vehicle with a member of the public in the backseat, used harsh and profane language while dealing with a member of the public, and failed to perform his duties during a domestic violence investigation.
What is Thomas Koszalka's major discipline record at Rahway Police Department?
Thomas Koszalka has one major discipline record at Rahway Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Thomas Koszalka's base salary on record?
Thomas Koszalka's reported base salary is $79,570, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Thomas Koszalka has 7 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Rahway Police Department, the department Thomas Koszalka worked for?
Rahway Police Department reported 83 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Thomas Koszalka individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2397. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 230731, 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 8613. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩