Officer Carlos Pina of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 35 days following an August 28, 2021 altercation with a member of the public. The investigation found that Pina used profane language, threatened the citizen and failed to provide his name and badge number when requested. He was also determined to be untruthful in his official report and in his formal statement to Internal Affairs. The 35-day suspension was appealed, and a final decision to sustain it was issued on June 11, 2025.
Knowingly and willfully making a false entry in any department report or record
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On August 28, 2021, P.O. Pina was involved in an altercation with a member of the public. Investigation revealed that P.O. Pina used profane language, threatened the citizen and failed to provide his name/badge number when requested. In addition, P.O. Pina was determined to be untruthful in his official report of the incident and during his formal statement to Internal Affairs. 35-Day suspension was appealed. Final decision to sustain the 35-Day suspension was issued on June 11, 2025.
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What is a summary of Carlos Pina's major discipline record?
Officer Carlos Pina of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 35 days following an August 28, 2021 altercation with a member of the public. The investigation found that Pina used profane language, threatened the citizen and failed to provide his name and badge number when requested. He was also determined to be untruthful in his official report and in his formal statement to Internal Affairs. The 35-day suspension was appealed, and a final decision to sustain it was issued on June 11, 2025.
What is Carlos Pina's major discipline record at Union City Police Department?
Carlos Pina has one major discipline record at Union City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Carlos Pina's pension on record?
Carlos Pina's reported monthly pension allowance is $7,921.93, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Carlos Pina has 25 years of reported service.
How large is Union City Police Department, the department Carlos Pina 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 Carlos Pina individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 406. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 364316 (member 44355003), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]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/. ↩