Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Alberto Sanabria

Paterson Police Department · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Other sanction

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): Charges Filed
Separated while IA pending: No

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

On December 24, 2023, Officer Sanabria was charged in connection with domestic violence offenses said to have occurred on or about December 23, 2023, in Paterson. On a summons complaint he was charged with one count of terroristic threats, a third-degree crime, and single counts of cyber harassment and stalking, each a fourth-degree crime, involving a party covered by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. The Paterson Police Department reported that the charges remain open in Superior Court and that Sanabria is presumed innocent. He was not suspended.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On December 24, 2023, Officer Alberto Sanabria was charged with domestic violence offenses alleged to have occurred on or about December 23, 2023, in the City of Paterson. Specifically, he was charged on a summons complaint with one count of Terroristic Threats, a crime of third degree in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-3b; one count of Cyber Harassment, a crime of the fourth degree in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4.1-1a(1); and one count of Stalking, a crime of the fourth degree in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-10b. Officer Sanabria allegedly sent threatening text messages to, went uninvited to the place of work of, and went uninvited to the residence of a party covered by the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. These charges remain open in Superior Court and Officer Sanabria is presumed innocent at this time.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $103,500
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 8 years, 8 months

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 1859. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 226108, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩