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Christopher Soto

Hoboken Police Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 10 days2024 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Patrolman (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Failure to Patrol Post
  • Failure to Comply With Chief's Orders
  • BWC Policy
Separated while IA pending
No

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.

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Other officers at Hoboken Police Department

15 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 15 at the Hoboken Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$96,727
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
4 years, 9 months

How to read this

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Christopher Soto's major discipline record?

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.

What is Christopher Soto's major discipline record at Hoboken Police Department?

Christopher Soto has one major discipline record at Hoboken Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Christopher Soto's base salary on record?

Christopher Soto's reported base salary is $96,727, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Christopher Soto has 4 years, 9 months of reported service.

How large is Hoboken Police Department, the department Christopher Soto worked for?

Hoboken Police Department reported 139 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 Soto individually.

Sources

  1. [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. [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/.
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8342. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.