Separated while IA pendingmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Hernandez has 2 sustained major discipline records from Jersey City PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Obedience to Laws,Regs. and Orders; Conduct, Orders, Obedience to Laws, regulations, and Orders.
Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2025
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2 records, 2023 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Edwin Hernandez, by year
In 2025, Jersey City PD sustained charges of conduct and obedience to laws, regulations, and orders against Police Officer Edwin Hernandez. The record states that on 09/07/2024 Hernandez, as the vehicle's operator, initiated a vehicle pursuit for a fictitious registration, which General Order 28 does not permit for motor vehicle violations. The record states Hernandez resigned in lieu of discipline and was separated while an internal affairs matter was pending.
On 09/07/2024 P.O. Edwin Hernandez , as the vehicles operator initiated a vehicle pursuit for a fictious registration.According to JCPD General Order 28 on Vehicle Pursuit, issued 5/21/24, motor vehicle violations are not a reason to initiate a pursuit.P.O. Edwin Hernandez resigned in lieu of discipline.
Police Officer Edwin Hernandez was suspended for 180 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2023. The department reported that on 2/8/2022, Hernandez failed to notify CCB that he was responding as a backup unit, operated the police vehicle in excess of the posted speed limit in the opposite lane of traffic, and struck a pedestrian, resulting in injuries. The sustained charge was failure to obey laws, regulations, and orders.
On 2/8/2022 P.O. Edwin Hernandez failed to notify CCB he was responding as a backup unit for a call for service. He operated the police vehicle in excess of the posted speed limit in the opposite lane of traffic and struck a pedestrian, resulting in serious injuries to the pedestrian. P.O. Hernandez's actions constitute a failure to obey Laws,Regulations, and Orders.
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Richard Gomez · Jersey City Police Department · 2025
Separated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4A:2-2.3(a) (1) Incompetency, Inefficiency, or Failure To Perform Duties (7) Neglect of Duty JCPD Rule 3:123 Obedience to Laws,…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Dejon Morris · Jersey City Police Department · 2025
Separated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming An Officer, Courtesy, Neglect of Duty, Orders, Responsiblities in general, Truthfulness, Insubordination, Inabilities to…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Edwin Hernandez's major discipline record?
Hernandez has 2 sustained major discipline records from Jersey City PD, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Obedience to Laws,Regs. and Orders; Conduct, Orders, Obedience to Laws, regulations, and Orders.
What is Edwin Hernandez's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?
Edwin Hernandez has 2 major discipline records at Jersey City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department Edwin Hernandez 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 Edwin Hernandez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 379. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1740. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 379. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 379, 1740. ↩
[4]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/. ↩