; Failure to Patrol Post; Failure to Comply With Chief's Orders; BWC Policy
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Patrolman Christopher Soto was suspended for 10 days by the Hoboken Police Department in 2024. A citizen complainant alleged that Soto was asleep in his assigned radio car while on duty. The investigation did not sustain that he was asleep, but found that he was not actively patrolling his assigned post or zone. When confronted by the citizen, Soto neglected to activate his body worn camera as required.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
A citizen complainant alleged that Officer Soto was asleep inside of his assigned radio car while on-duty. The investigation revealed that while it was not sustained that he was asleep while on-duty, he was determined not to be actively patrolling his assigned post or zone. Further, when confronted by the citizen he neglected to activate his body worn camera as required and in violation of departmental rules and regulations.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1099. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 221281, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩