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David Loza

Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 8 days2024 · as reported

While off duty in New York City, Officer Loza was charged and arrested for DWI after falling asleep at a traffic light. Newark PD sustained a criminal law charge and suspended Loza for 8 days in 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 8 days
Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Criminal Law
Separated while IA pending
not reported

Synopsis as reported by the agency

While off duty in New York City, Officer Loza was charged and arrested for DWI after falling asleep at a traffic light.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
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    Suspended 10 days

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  • Quelvi Castaneda · Newark Police Department · 2024

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  • Jose Ocasio Jr · Newark Police Department · 2024

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  • David Paige · Newark Police Department · 2024

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Other officers at Newark Police Department

74 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 74 at the Newark Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$82,896
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
3 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 David Loza's major discipline record?

While off duty in New York City, Officer Loza was charged and arrested for DWI after falling asleep at a traffic light. Newark PD sustained a criminal law charge and suspended Loza for 8 days in 2024.

What is David Loza's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?

David Loza has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is David Loza's base salary on record?

David Loza's reported base salary is $82,896, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. David Loza has 3 years, 4 months of reported service.

How large is Newark Police Department, the department David Loza worked for?

Newark Police Department reported 1,119 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 Loza individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1072. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218492, 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 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.