Skip to content

Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Elvis Lugardo

Newark Police Department · 2 records · 2022

Suspended 10 daysmost recent record, 2022 · as reported

Lugardo has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, all from 2022. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Neglect of Duty, Leaving assigned post; Neglect of Duty, Disobedience to Orders.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

While working the communications center, Sergeant Lugardo abandoned his assigned post for two hours without notifying his immediate supervisor. Newark PD sustained charges of neglect of duty and leaving his assigned post and suspended Lugardo for 10 days in 2022.

Rank as reported
SGT (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Leaving assigned post
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Sgt. Lugardo was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; and leaving his assigned post. While working the communications center, Sgt. Lugardo abandoned his assigned post for two hours without notifying his immediate supervisor.

Major discipline · 2022[2]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Elvis Lugardo received a 10-day suspension from the Newark Police Department in 2022 for neglect of duty and disobedience to orders. Lugardo engaged in a vehicle pursuit and failed to advise dispatch that he was pursuing the vehicle, activate his body worn camera, and activate his in-car camera system.

Rank as reported
PO (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Disobedience to Orders
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Lugardo was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; , and disobedience to orders. Officer Lugardo engaged in a vehicle pursuit and failed to, advise dispatch that he was pursuing the vehicle, activate his body worn camera, and in-car camera system.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Luis Mendosa · Newark Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Failure to Report a Crime, Official Efficiency/ Incompetency, Police Image, and Bound by Duty

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Erik Blount · Newark Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 180 days

    Sustained charge(s): Criminal law, Neglect of Duty, Drinking on Duty

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Tashia Jones · Newark Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 180 days

    Sustained charge(s): Criminal law, Neglect of Duty, Drinking on Duty

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Garbiel Maiorano · Newark Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Disobedience to orders

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Erica Donald · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 8 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Assistance to Citizens, Bound by Duty and Response to a Call.

    same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

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[3]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$146,895
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
22 years, 8 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 Elvis Lugardo's major discipline record?

Lugardo has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, all from 2022. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Neglect of Duty, Leaving assigned post; Neglect of Duty, Disobedience to Orders.

What is Elvis Lugardo's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?

Elvis Lugardo has 2 major discipline records at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Elvis Lugardo's base salary on record?

Elvis Lugardo's reported base salary is $146,895, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Elvis Lugardo has 22 years, 8 months of reported service.

How large is Newark Police Department, the department Elvis Lugardo 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 Elvis Lugardo individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2162. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2169. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218497, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  4. [4]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/.