Linden Police Department suspended Officer Guzman for 6 days in a 2022 record. According to the record, on July 13, 2021, Guzman and another officer took part in a twenty four minute vehicular pursuit that traveled through Elizabeth, Staten Island, and Newark. The investigation found that they followed the suspect vehicle through several one-way streets against the flow of traffic and did not notify their supervisor. The sustained charge was a violation of the department's vehicular pursuit policy, and the appeal became final in 2022.
On July 13, 2021, PO David Guzman and another officer was involved in a twenty four (24) minute long vehicular pursuit that travelled through several jurisdictions including Elizabeth, Staten Island (NY), and Newark. An internal investigation found that PO Guzman and his partner followed the suspect vehicle through several one-way streets in the opposite flow of traffic and neglected to notify their supervisor of such. PO Guzman's actions created a substantial risk to the public which outweighed the necessity to continue the pursuit. PO Guzman was sustained of violating the Department's vehicular pursuit policy. The incident occurred in 2021, but the appeal became final in 2022.
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What is a summary of David Guzman's major discipline record?
Linden Police Department suspended Officer Guzman for 6 days in a 2022 record. According to the record, on July 13, 2021, Guzman and another officer took part in a twenty four minute vehicular pursuit that traveled through Elizabeth, Staten Island, and Newark. The investigation found that they followed the suspect vehicle through several one-way streets against the flow of traffic and did not notify their supervisor. The sustained charge was a violation of the department's vehicular pursuit policy, and the appeal became final in 2022.
What is David Guzman's major discipline record at Linden Police Department?
David Guzman has one major discipline record at Linden Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is David Guzman's base salary on record?
David Guzman's reported base salary is $113,840, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. David Guzman has 10 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Linden Police Department, the department David Guzman worked for?
Linden Police Department reported 142 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about David Guzman individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2394. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 231971, 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 8609. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩