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Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2022
Suspended 30 days2022 · as reported
Detective Rodriguez struck an arrestee and failed to document that he used force. Newark PD sustained charges under the use of force policy and disobedience of orders and suspended Rodriguez for 30 days in 2022.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Rodriguez was suspended for 30 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; use of force policy, and disobedience of orders. Officer Rodriguez failed to document that he used force when he struck an arrestee.
David Paige · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive Force, Disobedience of Orders
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Samuel Gonzalez · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, & Excessive Force
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Terrence Best · Newark Police Department · 2022
Suspended 53 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of orders
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Elvis Lugardo · Newark Police Department · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Leaving assigned post
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Glen Green · Newark Police Department · 2022
Suspended 6 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience to Orders
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
74 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Detective Rodriguez struck an arrestee and failed to document that he used force. Newark PD sustained charges under the use of force policy and disobedience of orders and suspended Rodriguez for 30 days in 2022.
Frank Rodriguez has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Frank Rodriguez's reported base salary is $124,052, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Frank Rodriguez has 10 years of reported service.
Newark Police Department reported 1,119 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Frank Rodriguez individually.