Action Off-Duty; Obedience to Rules and Written Directives; a Public Employee; Less than Complete Candor During Any Statement; Failure to Report Police Contact; Failure to Complete a Thorough Investigation
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Patrolman Arocho was suspended for 30 working days by the Perth Amboy Police Department. While off duty, Arocho was a third party to a domestic violence incident and did not take appropriate action by notifying the appropriate authority. The record states that Arocho showed a lack of candor to internal affairs investigators and failed to notify the department of an off-duty motor vehicle accident. The sustained charges included conduct unbecoming a public employee and failure to report police contact.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Daisy Arocho was suspended 30 working days for violating Department Policy, Procedures, Department Rules and Regulations. While off duty, Officer D. Arocho was a third party in a domestic violence incident. Officer D. Arocho did not take appropriate action during the domestic violence incident by notifying the appropriate authority of the domestic violence incident. During the course of the internal investigation, Officer D. Arocho displayed a lack of candor to internal affairs investigators. Officer D. Arocho also failed to notify the department of an off duty motor vehicle accident.
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 1788. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 222201, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩