Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

William Donahue

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2025

About this data

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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In internal affairs data, allegations are not findings: many complaints end unfounded, exonerated, or not sustained.
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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 120 days

Rank as reported: Lieutenant
Sustained charge(s): Domestic Violence - Harassment, Domestic Violence - Criminal Mischief, Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Unprofessional Conduct Toward Other Law Enforcement Officers
Separated while IA pending: No

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

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.

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.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance: $10,219.56
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living): $10,219.56
Final salary basis: $175,192
Retired: January 2026
Pension fund: State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
Reported years of service: 30 years, 9 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 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/. ↩