Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Hudson County Corrections · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 20 days2023 · as reported
In 2023, Officer Dario Medina was suspended for 20 days by the Hudson County Department of Corrections. The agency reported that Medina left a loaded magazine with 13 hollow point bullets in a county vehicle that inmates are transported in. The sustained charges were incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, conduct unbecoming and neglect of duty.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 20 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Medina left a loaded magazine with 13 hollow point bullets in a County vehicle that inmates are transported in.
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
James Pagano · Hudson County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism, Insubordination, Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Jahnelly Eckkhardt · Hudson County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism, Insubordination, Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Timothy O'Conner · Hudson County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 35 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming, Neglect of Duty,
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Estefani Ciriaco · Hudson County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 90 daysSustained charge(s): Incompetency, Insubordiation, Conduct Unbecoming, Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Frank Capoano · Hudson County Corrections · 2025
Suspended 65 daysSustained charge(s): Incompetency, Insubordination, Conduct Unbecoming, Neglect of Duty and Other Sufficent Cause
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
33 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Dario Medina, Hudson County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/dario-medina-hudson-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
In 2023, Officer Dario Medina was suspended for 20 days by the Hudson County Department of Corrections. The agency reported that Medina left a loaded magazine with 13 hollow point bullets in a county vehicle that inmates are transported in. The sustained charges were incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties, conduct unbecoming and neglect of duty.
Dario Medina has one major discipline record at Hudson County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.