Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Zachary Smith

New Jersey State Police · 1 record · 2023

About this data

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 545 days

Rank as reported: Trooper
Sustained charge(s): Driving While Intoxicated, Alcohol Violations, Leaving the Scene of MV Accident, Failure to Report MV Accident, Unsafe Operation of Troop Car Causing Damage, Consume Alcoholic Beverage(s) and Operate Troop Car, Drinking on Duty, Intentional False Statements
Separated while IA pending: No

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

Trooper Zachary Smith admitted to acting in an official and unofficial capacity to the discredit of the New Jersey State Police while both on and off duty. According to the record, Smith consumed alcoholic beverages inside a station while on duty and additional beverages at a local establishment while off duty, then crashed marked troop transportation into another vehicle, departed, and provided false information to a supervisor. He received a 545 day suspension in 2023.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Member admitted to acting in an official and unofficial capacity to the discredit of the Division while both on and off-duty. The member consumed alcoholic beverages inside a station while on duty. Once off-duty, the member consumed additional alcoholic beverages at a local establishment to the point of intoxication. The member then crashed into another vehicle while driving marked troop transportation, departed, and provided false information concerning his involvement when contacted by a supervisor. The member received a 545 day suspension.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $100,415
Pension fund: State Police Retirement System (SPRS)
Reported years of service: 9 years

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 1891. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 254395, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩