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.
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.
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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]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]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]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/. ↩