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.
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Thomas Strunk, Ocean City Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/thomas-strunk-ocean-city-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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]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]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]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/. ↩