Detective Anthony Valvidia of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 10 days for conduct unbecoming, failure to perform duties, misuse of public property and failure to comply with lawful orders. The record states that Valvidia engaged in a personal text conversation with a female suspect of an investigation, then used a department vehicle without authorization to pick her up and drive outside the jurisdiction of Union City. He failed to activate his body worn camera during the interaction and failed to document his actions.
Officer Valdivia was suspended 10 days for engaging in a personal conversation via text messages with a female suspect of an investigation. Thereafter he used a dept. vehicle without authorization, picked up the female and drove outside the jurisdiction of Union City. Officer Valdivia failed to activate his body worn camera while interacting with the female and failed to document such actions.
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What is a summary of Anthony Valvidia's major discipline record?
Detective Anthony Valvidia of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 10 days for conduct unbecoming, failure to perform duties, misuse of public property and failure to comply with lawful orders. The record states that Valvidia engaged in a personal text conversation with a female suspect of an investigation, then used a department vehicle without authorization to pick her up and drive outside the jurisdiction of Union City. He failed to activate his body worn camera during the interaction and failed to document his actions.
What is Anthony Valvidia's major discipline record at Union City Police Department?
Anthony Valvidia has one major discipline record at Union City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Union City Police Department, the department Anthony Valvidia worked for?
Union City Police Department reported 156 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Anthony Valvidia individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2219. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8347. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩