Officer Edward Romero of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 12 days for neglect of duty and related violations involving convalescent time and unauthorized absence. On November 29, 2023, a convalescence check was conducted while Romero was on extended sick leave, after he failed to update the Chief's Office on three separate dates in violation of the departmental Extended Sick Policy. Romero was not present at his place of convalescence when the visit was conducted.
On 11-29-2023, a convalescence check was conducted on the officer for being on extended sick leave. The convalescence check was conducted after the officer failed to update the Chief’s Office on three separate dates, in violation of the departmental Extended Sick Policy. At the time of the convalescence check, the officer was not present at his place of convalescence when the visit was conducted.
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What is a summary of Edward Romero's major discipline record?
Officer Edward Romero of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 12 days for neglect of duty and related violations involving convalescent time and unauthorized absence. On November 29, 2023, a convalescence check was conducted while Romero was on extended sick leave, after he failed to update the Chief's Office on three separate dates in violation of the departmental Extended Sick Policy. Romero was not present at his place of convalescence when the visit was conducted.
What is Edward Romero's major discipline record at Union City Police Department?
Edward Romero has one major discipline record at Union City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Edward Romero's base salary on record?
Edward Romero's reported base salary is $151,097, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Edward Romero has 26 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Union City Police Department, the department Edward Romero worked for?
Union City Police Department reported 156 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Edward Romero individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1133. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 220526, 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 8347. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩