In 2025, North Bergen Police Department Detective Christopher Orellana was arrested by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office on August 4, 2025, and charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled dangerous substance under N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2A(1), a third-degree crime. A multi-jurisdictional investigation found that Orellana conspired to possess cocaine between June 10, 2025, and July 16, 2025. Orellana was immediately suspended without pay pending the criminal disposition of the case. The sustained charge was an indictable crime.
On August 4th, 2025, Detective Christopher Orellana was arrested by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office and charged with Conspiracy to Possess a Controlled Dangerous Substance (N.J.S.A 2C:5-2A(1) and N.J.S.A. 35-10A(1)), a third-degree crime. A multi-jurisdictional investigation uncovered that Det. Orellana knowingly conspired to possess a controlled dangerous substance (Cocaine) between June 10th, 2025, to July 16th, 2025. Det. Orellana was immediately suspended without pay pending the criminal disposition of the case.
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Other officers at North Bergen Police Department
5 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Christopher Orellana's major discipline record?
In 2025, North Bergen Police Department Detective Christopher Orellana was arrested by the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office on August 4, 2025, and charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled dangerous substance under N.J.S.A. 2C:5-2A(1), a third-degree crime. A multi-jurisdictional investigation found that Orellana conspired to possess cocaine between June 10, 2025, and July 16, 2025. Orellana was immediately suspended without pay pending the criminal disposition of the case. The sustained charge was an indictable crime.
What is Christopher Orellana's major discipline record at North Bergen Police Department?
Christopher Orellana has one major discipline record at North Bergen Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is North Bergen Police Department, the department Christopher Orellana worked for?
North Bergen Police Department reported 131 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Christopher Orellana individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 398. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8345. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩