Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Belleville PD suspended Officer Colon for 10 days in 2024 for conduct unbecoming of a public employee and imposed a monetary fine or loss of pay. According to the record, Colon used profane language toward a citizen and failed to display courtesy and civility.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Colon was suspended for (10) Days for of a public employee. The Officer used profane language towards a citizen and failed to display courtesy and civility.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In 2024, Belleville PD suspended Officer Colon for 20 days for insubordination, along with a monetary fine or loss of pay. The training supervisor advised Colon of his pending incompletion and failure of a required departmental training and gave him a direct order to submit an internal report. Colon refused the order. The record notes the suspension followed his prior history and the standard of progressive discipline.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Colon was advised by the Training Supervisor of his pending incompletion and pending failure of a required Departmental Training. Due to the pending failure of this training the Officer was given a direct order to submit an internal report. The Officer then refused the direct order from the Training supervisor to submit this report. Due to the Officer’s prior history and adhering to the standard of progressive discipline, the officer was suspended for (20) days for .
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.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1051. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1052. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 231591, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩