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.
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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Police Transparency NJ, "Christopher Soto, Hoboken Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/christopher-soto-hoboken-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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.
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]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]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/. ↩