Police Officer David Leon was suspended for 15 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022. The department reported that Leon did not adhere to established procedures regarding compensation for off-duty details, specifically by accepting payments directly from vendors and contractors, which Leon admitted doing. Sustained charges were conduct and obedience to laws, regulations and orders.
Police Officer David Leon was found by the JCPD/IAU to have not adhered to established procedures regarding compensation for off duty details, specifically by accepting payments directly from vendors/contractors, which P.O. Leon admitted doing.
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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.
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What is a summary of David Leon's major discipline record?
Police Officer David Leon was suspended for 15 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022. The department reported that Leon did not adhere to established procedures regarding compensation for off-duty details, specifically by accepting payments directly from vendors and contractors, which Leon admitted doing. Sustained charges were conduct and obedience to laws, regulations and orders.
What is David Leon's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?
David Leon 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 David Leon's base salary on record?
David Leon's reported base salary is $143,992, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. David Leon has 17 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department David Leon 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 David Leon individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2211. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 233246, 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/. ↩