Officer Alexander Salazar was terminated by the Elizabeth Police Department. On 11/30/2023, Salazar, then a trainee, submitted to a mandatory random drug test while attending the John H. Stamler Police Academy. The results received on 01/18/2024 showed Salazar tested positive for illegal substances not listed on his medical sheet. Salazar did not request a hearing within the required timeframe and was terminated on 02/22/2024.
On 11/30/2023, Trainee Alexander Salazar submitted to a mandatory random drug test while attending the John H. Stamler Police Academy. On 01/18/2024, the results of the test were received, and Salazar tested positive for illegal substances not listed in his medical sheet. Salazar did not request a hearing within the required timeframe and was terminated on 02/22/2024.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Alexander Salazar's major discipline record?
Officer Alexander Salazar was terminated by the Elizabeth Police Department. On 11/30/2023, Salazar, then a trainee, submitted to a mandatory random drug test while attending the John H. Stamler Police Academy. The results received on 01/18/2024 showed Salazar tested positive for illegal substances not listed on his medical sheet. Salazar did not request a hearing within the required timeframe and was terminated on 02/22/2024.
What is Alexander Salazar's major discipline record at Elizabeth Police Department?
Alexander Salazar has one major discipline record at Elizabeth Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Alexander Salazar's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Alexander Salazar's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Elizabeth Police Department, the department Alexander Salazar worked for?
Elizabeth Police Department reported 337 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Alexander Salazar individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1437. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8604. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩