TerminatedSuspended 1,812 daysSeparated while IA pending2025 · as reported
Officer Fernando Ortiz-Torres was terminated and suspended for 1,812 days by the NJ Department of Human Services in 2025, and he separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. In May 2020, Ortiz-Torres was involved in a domestic violence incident that resulted in a Temporary Restraining Order against him. The Pemberton Township Police Department served the order and executed a search warrant for weapons at his residence, producing two firearms-related criminal charges. He later entered a Pretrial Intervention agreement, and the matter was resolved through a general resignation.
4:08 E.1.-Violation of rule regulations policy or procedure.
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
In May 2020, Officer Ortiz-Torres was involved in a domestic violence incident that resulted in the issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against him. The Pemberton Township Police Department served the TRO and executed a search warrant for weapons at Officer Ortiz-Torres’s residence. The search resulted in the filing of two firearms-related criminal charges against the officer. Ultimately, Officer Ortiz-Torres entered into and accepted a Pretrial Intervention (PTI) agreement. The department initially sought his removal from employment; however, the matter was resolved through a general resignation.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Andrew Clayton · Atlantic County Sheriff's Office · 2025
TerminatedSuspended 420 daysSeparated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Sheriff's Officer, Crimes/Offenses involving Moral Turpitude, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee
same year · similar sanction outcome
John Harris · New Jersey Department Of Human Services · 2024
Sanctions not reported
Sustained charge(s): Standard Operating Procedures of Use of Force Policy-Core Principal#2; Critical decision-making and tactical deployment techniques include…
same agency
Tommy Hom · New Jersey Department Of Human Services · 2024
Sanctions not reported
Sustained charge(s): Standard Operating Procedures- Office of Internal Affairs shall receive immediate notice of Agency personnel in the hiring process or…
same agency
Daved Tropper · New Jersey Department Of Human Services · 2024
Separated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): Verbal abuse of employee; Any improper conduct which violates common decency; Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or…
same agency
Dwayne Wilcox · New Jersey Department Of Human Services · 2024
Sanctions not reported
Sustained charge(s): Rules and Rgulations- Inefficiency; Performance of Duty ; Police Officers shall take appropriate action to enforce all federal, state and…
same agency
Other officers at New Jersey Department Of Human Services
5 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Fernando Ortiz-Torres's major discipline record?
Officer Fernando Ortiz-Torres was terminated and suspended for 1,812 days by the NJ Department of Human Services in 2025, and he separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. In May 2020, Ortiz-Torres was involved in a domestic violence incident that resulted in a Temporary Restraining Order against him. The Pemberton Township Police Department served the order and executed a search warrant for weapons at his residence, producing two firearms-related criminal charges. He later entered a Pretrial Intervention agreement, and the matter was resolved through a general resignation.
What is Fernando Ortiz-Torres's major discipline record at New Jersey Department Of Human Services?
Fernando Ortiz-Torres has one major discipline record at New Jersey Department Of Human Services in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Fernando Ortiz-Torres's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Fernando Ortiz-Torres's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is New Jersey Department Of Human Services, the department Fernando Ortiz-Torres worked for?
New Jersey Department Of Human Services reported 72 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Fernando Ortiz-Torres individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 775. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8384. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩