Lieutenant William Donahue admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. Donahue was involved in an alcohol-related incident at his residence that required a police response. According to the record, he damaged property, harassed another individual, and acted unprofessionally toward local law enforcement after they arrived. He received a 120 day suspension in 2025.
Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division while off duty. The member was involved in an alcohol-related incident at their residence which required a police response. The member damaged property, harassed another individual, and acted unprofessionally towards local law enforcement after they arrived. The member received a 120 day suspension.
Sustained charge(s): Inappropriate Actions Towards Another Member, Disobey Written Order, Intentionally Providing False Information During a Misconduct…
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Sustained charge(s): Driving While Intoxicated, Refusal to Submit to Breath/Blood Tests, Driving with Open Container of Alcohol, Violation of Traffic Law,…
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Other officers at New Jersey State Police
94 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "William Donahue, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/william-donahue-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of William Donahue's major discipline record?
Lieutenant William Donahue admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while off duty. Donahue was involved in an alcohol-related incident at his residence that required a police response. According to the record, he damaged property, harassed another individual, and acted unprofessionally toward local law enforcement after they arrived. He received a 120 day suspension in 2025.
What is William Donahue's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
William Donahue has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is William Donahue's pension on record?
William Donahue's reported monthly pension allowance is $10,219.56, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. William Donahue has 30 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department William Donahue worked for?
New Jersey State Police reported 3,351 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about William Donahue individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 536. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 374983 (member 44373770), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8645. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩