NJ state trooper with giant Hitler-related neck tattoo is fired following probe into white supremacist ties
A New Jersey state trooper with a giant neck tattoo citing a well-known Hitler Youth slogan was fired by the department last year following an investigation into the ink and his other white supremacist-linked tattoos.
Trooper Jason Dare was let go from the department on Nov. 27 after nearly two decades on the job, according to a newly published annual state police disciplinary report and an NJ.com report.
Dare’s shocking body art was only flagged by the department after New Jersey State Police put out a public missing persons alert for the trooper in March 2023 after he left a Pennsylvania medical facility and disappeared.
The detective, who was described as “missing and endangered” in the alert, was found safe days later.
Yet it wasn’t his disappearance that was noticed by the public — but the massive “Blood Honor” text written across the bottom of his neck, which was visible in a photo the department shared with his missing persons report.
“Blood and honor” was the motto adopted by the Hitler Youth during World War II as noted by social media users who commented on the state police’s post hoping to find Dare.
Internet sleuths later found photos on Dare’s Facebook page that revealed he had more troublesome ink, including Iron Crosses on his wrists and a pit bull illustration matching the logo of a Pennsylvania-based white supremacist group, the Keystone State Skinheads, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
He had also shared posts on Facebook alluding to white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability launched an internal investigation into Dare following the complaints about his tattoos.
The probe found that he violated law enforcement policies on conflicts of interest through his “visible tattoos associated with groups espousing racist ideology,” according to NJ.com.
The annual personnel disciplinary report published by the state police does not list Dare’s hate-linked ink as the reason for his termination, though his charges include “uniform and grooming standards.”
“[Dare] violated the terms of a previously negotiated plea agreement for misconduct by leaving a medical facility without making proper notification to the Division and entering an unoccupied residence in Pennsylvania without permission,” the report states.
“The member also discharged one round from a shotgun through the front window of his residence. The member was terminated from employment with the Division.”
State police have not disclosed any information on the circumstances of Dare’s medical treatment and disappearance or the firearm incident.
The Attorney General’s Office told the local outlet that Dare was let go on Nov. 27 following its investigation.
A spokesperson for the office didn’t immediately respond to a request for information from The Post.
