Trooper Wills Paulino admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, Paulino was involved in a motor vehicle crash while intoxicated that injured an occupant and resulted in criminal charges that were ultimately dismissed. He received a 573 day suspension.
Member admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division. While off-duty, the member was involved in a motor vehicle crash while intoxicated causing injury to an occupant which resulted in criminal charges that were ultimately dismissed. The member received a 573 day suspension.
Sustained charge(s): Off Duty Incident - Alcohol Related, Questionable Conduct - Off Duty, Careless Driving, Failure to Report MV Accident, Leaving the Scene of…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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, "Wills Paulino, New Jersey State Police," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/wills-paulino-new-jersey-state-police/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Wills Paulino's major discipline record?
Trooper Wills Paulino admitted to acting in an unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police. While off duty, Paulino was involved in a motor vehicle crash while intoxicated that injured an occupant and resulted in criminal charges that were ultimately dismissed. He received a 573 day suspension.
What is Wills Paulino's major discipline record at New Jersey State Police?
Wills Paulino has one major discipline record at New Jersey State Police in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Wills Paulino's base salary on record?
Wills Paulino's reported base salary is $90,522, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Wills Paulino has 7 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is New Jersey State Police, the department Wills Paulino 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 Wills Paulino individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2307. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 253873, 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 8645. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩