Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

William Braker

Jersey City Police Department · 2 records · 2021

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Records on this page come from the Attorney General's major discipline releases: final, post-appeal discipline as reported by the employing agency. They are sustained charges, not allegations.
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Major discipline · 2021^[1]

Suspended 15 days

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

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

Sergeant William Braker was suspended for 15 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2021 on a sustained charge of conduct. The department reported that on 1/3/2020, Braker was involved in a motor vehicle accident in Roselle and was charged with DWI, refusing a breathalyzer, reckless driving, and operating a motor vehicle while on his cell phone. He was found not guilty of the DWI and refusal charges.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 1/3/2020 Sgt.William Braker was involved in an MVA in Roselle, NJ and charged with violations of DWI 39:4-50, Refusing a Breathalyzer, Reckless Driving and Operating a Motor Vehicle While on His Cell Phone. He was found not guilty of DWI and Refusal charges.

Major discipline · 2021^[2]

Suspended 0 days

Rank as reported: Sergeant
Sustained charge(s): Obedience to Laws, Regs. And Orders
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

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

Sergeant William Braker was disciplined by the Jersey City Police Department in 2021 on a sustained charge of failure to obey laws, regulations and orders. The department reported that Braker was involved in a motor vehicle accident in Roselle on 1/3/2020 and was charged with DWI, refusing a breathalyzer, reckless driving, and operating a vehicle while on his cell phone. He was found not guilty of the DWI and refusal charges, and the record lists a suspension without a reported number of days.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[3]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $153,912
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 28 years, 1 month

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 2593. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2596. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 232962, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩