Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 35 days- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) 2 ; (a) 6 a public emloyee; (a) 8 , includiing motor vehicles
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Fernandez was advised on September 1, 2020, that a county vehicle could no longer be used for take-home purposes, but on September 15, 2020, he began taking the vehicle home again, the Passaic County Sheriffs Office reported. He later directed dispatchers to use the CJIS system for an unauthorized license plate lookup, and on October 7, 2020, he parked the county vehicle blocking several vehicles and a handicapped space, then left with the keys and ignored radio and phone calls. Fernandez was suspended for 35 days.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On September 1, 2020 Officer Fernandez was advised that the PBA was no longer permitted to use a County vehicle for take home purposes. On September 15, 2020 he began taking the vehicle home again. On 9/18/20 and 9/23/20, he requested the dispatchers utilize the CJIS system for an unauthorized purpose, namely by running full disclosure license plate look up on private property because cars were parked in a space which he considered to be designated to him. On 10/7/20 Off. Fernandez parked the county vehicle, blocking several vehicles and a handicapped parking space. He then left in another vehicle with the keys and ignored radio and phone calls. On March 1, 2024, Officer Fernandez was suspended for 35 days.