a Public Employee. Policy prohibiting discrimination and harrassment.
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
North Bergen Police Department suspended Detective Frank Mena for 10 days in 2024, with a loss of time also imposed. Mena violated department policies prohibiting a hostile work environment by making several racially charged jokes and comments toward other officers. Sustained charges were conduct unbecoming a public employee and violation of the policy prohibiting discrimination and harassment.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Detective Frank Mena was suspended for ten (10) days for violating several department policies prohibiting a hostile work enviroment. Det. Mena made several racially charged jokes and comments towards other officers. The behavior and conduct towards other officers was inappropriate and unbecoming of a police officer.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. 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. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1130. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩