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Dana Page

Long Branch Police Department · 2 records · 2023, 2025

Terminatedmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

Page has 2 sustained major discipline records from Long Branch PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee; Failure to Perform Duties; 2C:21-4a Falsifying Records.

Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2025

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2023 to 2025

Major discipline records reported for Dana Page, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20231Suspension
20240No record published
20251Termination
  • Termination
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Terminated

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Police Officer Dana Page was terminated by the Long Branch Police Department in 2025. On April 28, 2025, Page entered a guilty plea to fourth-degree falsifying records, admitting that entries she made in her police report about a November 13, 2023 animal cruelty call were not accurate. As part of her plea, Page permanently forfeited public office, including her position as a Long Branch police officer, and she was subsequently admitted into the Pre-Trial Intervention Program.

Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
2C:21-4a Falsifying Records
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On April 28, 2025, Officer Dana Page entered a guilty plea to fourth-degree Falsifying Records. Officer Page admitted that she made entries in her police report regarding an animal cruelty call on November 13, 2023 that were not accurate. Officer Page permanently forfeited public office, including her position as a Long Branch Police Officer, as part of her plea. She was subsequently admitted into the Pre-Trial Intervention Program.

Major discipline · 2023[2]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Dana Page received a 10-day suspension from the Long Branch Police Department in 2023. On August 16, 2022, Page left 30 minutes before the end of an assigned shift without authorization, and further investigation found she had done so on numerous previous occasions. The sustained charges were conduct unbecoming a public employee and failure to perform duties.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • a Public Employee
  • Failure to Perform Duties
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On August 16, 2022, Officer Page left 30 minutes before the end of the assigned shift without authorization. Upon further investigation, it was discovered P.O. Page had performed said action in numerous previous occasions. Upon final disposition, Officer Page received a 10 day suspension.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Charles Conover · Long Branch Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): 1. Violation of Department Rule and Reg III A.1(d) Failure to detect and arrest violators of the law 2. Violation of Department Rule and

    same agency · same year

  • Ivan Guzman · Long Branch Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other sufficient cause - Violation of Department

    same agency · same year

  • Erwin Lopez-Gutierrez · Asbury Park Police Department · 2025

    Terminated

    Sustained charge(s): Truthfulness, Neglect of Duty, Performance of Duty, Reporting/Absence from Duty

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Vincent Bernotas · Bordentown City Police Department · 2025

    Terminated

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(1) – Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(2) – Insubordination N.J.A.C.

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Nicholas Morton · Burlington County Corrections · 2025

    Terminated

    Sustained charge(s): Incompetency, Ineffiency, or failure to perform duties

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Long Branch 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.

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Dana Page's major discipline record?

Page has 2 sustained major discipline records from Long Branch PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee; Failure to Perform Duties; 2C:21-4a Falsifying Records.

What is Dana Page's major discipline record at Long Branch Police Department?

Dana Page has 2 major discipline records at Long Branch Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Dana Page's record show a termination?

Yes. At least one of Dana Page's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.

How large is Long Branch Police Department, the department Dana Page worked for?

Long Branch Police Department reported 102 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Dana Page individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 465. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1802. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 465. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 465, 1802.
  4. [4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8440. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.