Suspended 91 daysSeparated while IA pending2023 · as reported
Linden Police Department reported a 91-day suspension for Officer Ralda in a 2023 matter where he separated while internal affairs was pending. According to the record, on November 6, 2022, off-duty Ralda was involved in a hit and run motor vehicle accident in Linden, and the investigation proved he was the driver. Ralda admitted crashing his personal vehicle and leaving the scene without reporting it, and he ignored several calls and home visits by supervisors before notifying the department of his whereabouts. He resigned while the investigation was pending.
On November 6, 2022, at about 0600 hours, off-duty Linden Police Officer Carlos Ralda was involved in a hit and run motor vehicle accident in Linden, NJ. An internal investigation proved that Ralda was the driver at the time of the crash. Ralda admitted to crashing his personal vehicle and leaving the scene without reporting the incident to police. He also admitted to ignoring several calls and home visits by Department supervisors to check his welfare. Ralda did not notify the Department of his whereabouts until the following morning. Ralda resigned while an internal affairs investigation/complaint was pending, and the misconduct ultimately sustained falls within categories that would have resulted in a suspension and termination had the member not separated from the agency.
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Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties, Conduct Unbecoming, Other Sufficient Cause, Dept. polices and procedures
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What is a summary of Carlos Ralda's major discipline record?
Linden Police Department reported a 91-day suspension for Officer Ralda in a 2023 matter where he separated while internal affairs was pending. According to the record, on November 6, 2022, off-duty Ralda was involved in a hit and run motor vehicle accident in Linden, and the investigation proved he was the driver. Ralda admitted crashing his personal vehicle and leaving the scene without reporting it, and he ignored several calls and home visits by supervisors before notifying the department of his whereabouts. He resigned while the investigation was pending.
What is Carlos Ralda's major discipline record at Linden Police Department?
Carlos Ralda has one major discipline record at Linden Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Linden Police Department, the department Carlos Ralda worked for?
Linden Police Department reported 142 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 Ralda individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1989. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8609. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩