Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Thomas Trovato

NJ State Parole Board · 1 record · 2021

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Major discipline · 2021^[1]

DemotedSuspended 120 days

Rank as reported: Sergeant
Sustained charge(s): not provided
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

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

Sergeant Thomas Trovato was demoted and suspended for 120 days by the NJ State Parole Board in 2021 under a settlement agreement. The agency reported the conduct as neglect of duty and failure to follow verbal or written directives. No separate charge field was provided and no further synopsis was reported.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Sgt. Trovato was demoted and suspended for 120 days for and failure to follow verbal/written directives. Settlement Agreement.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance: $4,860.84
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living): $4,860.84
Final salary basis: $116,660
Retired: July 2022
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 22 years, 10 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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2754. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 327264 (member 44294480), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩