Police Officer Daniel Soto was suspended for 15 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022. The department reported that Soto had stored his off-duty firearm in a dresser, then placed the dresser at the curb for trash pickup without checking it for any items. The dresser was placed into the garbage truck and removed. A lost property report was taken and a general alarm was assigned for the lost firearm.
Police Officer Daniel Soto had his off duty firearm stored in his dresser. Later he placed the dresser out to the curb for trash pick up and did not check the dresser for any items prior to taking it out to the trash. The dresser was placed into the garbage truck and removed. Lost property report was taken and general alarm assigned for lost firearm.
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What is a summary of Daniel Soto's major discipline record?
Police Officer Daniel Soto was suspended for 15 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022. The department reported that Soto had stored his off-duty firearm in a dresser, then placed the dresser at the curb for trash pickup without checking it for any items. The dresser was placed into the garbage truck and removed. A lost property report was taken and a general alarm was assigned for the lost firearm.
What is Daniel Soto's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?
Daniel Soto has one major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Daniel Soto's base salary on record?
Daniel Soto's reported base salary is $114,293, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Daniel Soto has 10 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department Daniel Soto worked for?
Jersey City Police Department reported 799 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Daniel Soto individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2212. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 233551, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8343. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩