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Danny Santos

Union Township Police Department · 1 record · 2020

Suspended 60 days2020 · as reported

Officer Danny Santos of the Union Township Police Department was suspended for 60 calendar days for conduct unbecoming a public employee and neglect of duty. The record states that Santos failed to deploy his body worn camera while working a traffic detail, as required. He was then involved in a use of force incident, and a review of his actions found that he used excessive force.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2020[1]

Suspended 60 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not applicable
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Santos was suspended for 60 calendar days for a public employee and . Officer Santos failed to deploy his body worn camera while working a traffic detail as required. He was subsequently involved in a use of force incident. A review of his actions revealed that he used excessive force during the incident.

Similar records

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  • Wilson Limage · Union Township Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 90 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C 4A: 2-2.3(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Marco Penetra · Union Township Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)6 Conducting Unbecoming a public employee 1.4.1 V.A.7 Obedience to Laws and Rules

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Scott Ritter · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020

    Suspended 40 days

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Christopher Leahy · Asbury Park Police Department · 2020

    Suspended 30 days

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Tina Decicco · Atlantic County Corrections · 2020

    Suspended 6 days

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Other officers at Union Township Police Department

3 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

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$130,403
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
10 years, 4 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 Danny Santos's major discipline record?

Officer Danny Santos of the Union Township Police Department was suspended for 60 calendar days for conduct unbecoming a public employee and neglect of duty. The record states that Santos failed to deploy his body worn camera while working a traffic detail, as required. He was then involved in a use of force incident, and a review of his actions found that he used excessive force.

What is Danny Santos's major discipline record at Union Township Police Department?

Danny Santos has one major discipline record at Union Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Danny Santos's base salary on record?

Danny Santos's reported base salary is $130,403, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Danny Santos has 10 years, 4 months of reported service.

How large is Union Township Police Department, the department Danny Santos worked for?

Union Township Police Department reported 138 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Danny Santos individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 3007. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 228628, 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 8619. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.