Officer Edgar Gonzalez separated from the Elizabeth Police Department while an internal affairs matter was pending. Gonzalez wrote in an official police report that he might have possibly picked up a license plate amongst the debris at a traffic accident investigation. During an internal affairs interview, Gonzalez admitted that he knew the item he picked up and later discarded was in fact a New Jersey license plate.
Ofc. Gonzalez wrote in an official police report that he "might have possibly picked up a license plate amongst the debris" at a traffic accident investigation. However, Ofc. Gonzalez admitted during an IA interview that he knew the item he picked up and later discarded was in fact a NJ license plate.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Edgar Gonzalez's major discipline record?
Officer Edgar Gonzalez separated from the Elizabeth Police Department while an internal affairs matter was pending. Gonzalez wrote in an official police report that he might have possibly picked up a license plate amongst the debris at a traffic accident investigation. During an internal affairs interview, Gonzalez admitted that he knew the item he picked up and later discarded was in fact a New Jersey license plate.
What is Edgar Gonzalez's major discipline record at Elizabeth Police Department?
Edgar Gonzalez has one major discipline record at Elizabeth Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Elizabeth Police Department, the department Edgar Gonzalez worked for?
Elizabeth Police Department reported 337 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Edgar Gonzalez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1982. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8604. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩