Actions Involving Criminal Matters, (a)6 a Public Employee, (a)12 Other Sufficient Causes, TPD Rule 3:1.1 Standards of Conduct, 3:7.19 All Other Conduct
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Police Trainee Zyaire Evans was terminated by the Trenton Police Department in 2025. Evans was off-duty when he was arrested and charged with Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purposes (Imitation Firearm) after he pointed a "bluegun" training weapon at a passing motorist. The motorist believed the weapon to be real and called police. Sustained charges included Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee and Actions Involving Criminal Matters.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Police Trainee Evans was off-duty when he was arrested and charged with Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purposes (Imitation Firearm) after he pointed a "bluegun" training weapon at a passing motorist. The motorist believed the weapon to be real and called police.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 426. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩