TerminatedDemotedSuspended 120 days2022 · as reported
Detective Edwin Vasquez was terminated, demoted, and suspended for 120 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022. The department reported that Vasquez's driver's license was suspended by NJMVC on 5 occasions without notice to his commanding officer and that he was involved in a motor vehicle accident while driving with a suspended license and no valid insurance. The department also reported that Vasquez left an assignment early and was observed working a secondary job and drinking an alcoholic beverage while on duty.
1.) On 5 occasions, Det. Edwin Vasquez' driver's license was suspended by NJMVC. Det. Vasquez failed to notify his commanding officer of his suspensions. 2.) Det. E. Vasquez violated G.O. #2-15, Instructions for reporting off sick, having five or more illnesses/injuries within a 12 month period. 3.) Det. E. Vasquez was operating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver's license and no valid insurance and was involved in a motor vehicle accident. 4.) On 3 occasions Det. E. Vasquez was not at home or make himself available during I.A.U. sick checks and failed to notify his command that he was leaving his home while he was out sick. 5.) Det. E. Vasquez was scheduled to work his regular tour of duty and left his assignment early. Det. E. Vasquez was observed working a secondary job and drinking an alcoholic beverage while still on duty as a Jersey City Police Detective. He left his assignment without permission and did not get approval for secondary employment as required.
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Other officers at Jersey City Police Department
73 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Edwin Vasquez's major discipline record?
Detective Edwin Vasquez was terminated, demoted, and suspended for 120 days by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022. The department reported that Vasquez's driver's license was suspended by NJMVC on 5 occasions without notice to his commanding officer and that he was involved in a motor vehicle accident while driving with a suspended license and no valid insurance. The department also reported that Vasquez left an assignment early and was observed working a secondary job and drinking an alcoholic beverage while on duty.
What is Edwin Vasquez's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?
Edwin Vasquez 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.
Does Edwin Vasquez's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Edwin Vasquez's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2022.
How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department Edwin Vasquez 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 Vasquez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2205. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩