Skip to content
POLICE TRANSPARENCY NJ
Menu

Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Thomas Strunk

Ocean City Police Department · 1 record · 2022

Other sanction2022 · as reported

On July 4, 2022, Officer Thomas Strunk responded to a domestic violence dispute involving an adult son who assaulted his father. After probable cause was developed to arrest the son, Strunk handcuffed him, and during a verbal confrontation on a stairway he used force by pushing the arrestee against a door. At headquarters, Strunk again used force by grabbing the arrestee's neck, and two officers intervened. The internal affairs investigation was sustained, and the discipline was forfeiture of 180 hours of vacation time and a Last Chance Agreement.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Other sanction
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Department Rules & Regulations
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Strunk was working from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on July 4, 2022 when he and other officers responded to a domestic violence dispute between an adult son who was under the influence of alcohol and his father, who he assaulted. When the officers arrived at the residence and conducted an investigation, they developed probable cause to arrest the adult son. Officer Strunk handcuffed the individual and as he walked him down a flight of stairs, there was a verbal confrontation between them that led to Officer Strunk using force by pushing the arrestee up against the door. After transporting the subject to headquarters, Officer Strunk walked the arrestee across the courtyard and once again used force by grabbing hold of the arrestee by the back of the neck. Two other officers who had been standing there intervened and relieved Officer Strunk of handling the prisoner. An Internal Affairs Investigation commenced which was Sustained and the agreed upon discipline was a forfeiture of 180 hours of vacation time and signing a Last Chance Agreement.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Franklin Gomez Jr · Ocean City Police Department · 2025

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Domestic Violence Harassment

    same agency

  • Christian Palzer · Ocean City Police Department · 2024

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Domestic Violence Simple Assault

    same agency

  • Thomas Mullineaux · Ocean City Police Department · 2024

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Domestic Violence Simple Assault

    same agency

  • Timothy Pyne · Ocean City Police Department · 2024

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Truthfulness

    same agency

  • Jacob Harris · Ocean City Police Department · 2023

    TerminatedSuspended (days not reported)Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Stalking

    same agency

Other officers at Ocean City Police Department

8 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$130,397
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
16 years, 2 months

How to read this

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 Strunk's major discipline record?

On July 4, 2022, Officer Thomas Strunk responded to a domestic violence dispute involving an adult son who assaulted his father. After probable cause was developed to arrest the son, Strunk handcuffed him, and during a verbal confrontation on a stairway he used force by pushing the arrestee against a door. At headquarters, Strunk again used force by grabbing the arrestee's neck, and two officers intervened. The internal affairs investigation was sustained, and the discipline was forfeiture of 180 hours of vacation time and a Last Chance Agreement.

What is Thomas Strunk's major discipline record at Ocean City Police Department?

Thomas Strunk has one major discipline record at Ocean City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Thomas Strunk's base salary on record?

Thomas Strunk's reported base salary is $130,397, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Thomas Strunk has 16 years, 2 months of reported service.

How large is Ocean City Police Department, the department Thomas Strunk worked for?

Ocean City Police Department reported 69 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 Strunk individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2137. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 217112, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8273. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩