Patrolman Esteban Rodriguez was terminated by the Weehawken Police Department in 2022 for two separate domestic violence incidents and numerous rule violations. He was subject to a temporary restraining order for harassment and violated it by calling a neighboring police department and making a false report about the domestic violence victim, which prompted a police response. Investigation found the entire report was false. In a later domestic violence incident with a separate victim, it was determined that he assaulted the victim, and he was terminated.
01/13/2022 Ptl. Esteban Rodriguez was terminated for 2 separate Domestic Violence incidents and numerous rule violations. Ptl. Esteban Rodriguez was terminated for Domestic Violence after he was subject to a temporary restraining order for harassment under Domestic Violence. He violated the restraining order by calling a neighboring police department and making a false police report pertaining to the domestic violence victim which prompted a police response. Subsequent investigation revealed that the entire report to the neighboring police agency was false. While out on sick leave Ptl. Rodriguez went to the gym in violation of department policy. While on administrative duties pertaining to this incident, he was involved in another Domestic Violence incident with a separate victim in which it was determined he assaulted the victim. As a result, he was terminated from employment.
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What is a summary of Esteban Rodriguez's major discipline record?
Patrolman Esteban Rodriguez was terminated by the Weehawken Police Department in 2022 for two separate domestic violence incidents and numerous rule violations. He was subject to a temporary restraining order for harassment and violated it by calling a neighboring police department and making a false report about the domestic violence victim, which prompted a police response. Investigation found the entire report was false. In a later domestic violence incident with a separate victim, it was determined that he assaulted the victim, and he was terminated.
What is Esteban Rodriguez's major discipline record at Weehawken Police Department?
Esteban Rodriguez has one major discipline record at Weehawken Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Esteban Rodriguez's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Esteban Rodriguez's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2022.
How large is Weehawken Police Department, the department Esteban Rodriguez worked for?
Weehawken Police Department reported 61 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Esteban Rodriguez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2220. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8348. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩