A police officer’s completion of a diversionary program after he was indicted on criminal charges does not entitle him to back pay for the period he was suspended from the job, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The Appellate Division said the New Jersey Civil Service Commission correctly denied Rockaway Township police officer Clifton Gauthier’s request for back pay for the three years he was suspended without pay. While back pay is granted to public employees who are acquitted of criminal charges or in cases where charges are dropped, those situations are considered favorable dispositions while pretrial intervention is not, the appeals court ruled.