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Union City Police Department · 1 record · 2022
Suspended 10 days2022 · as reported
Officer Gerardo Colon of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 10 days for a rule violation. The record states that Colon was involved in a motor vehicle accident while on duty and was charged with failing to properly care for assigned equipment.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer was suspended 10 days for a Rule Violation, specifically for being involved in a motor vehicle accident while on duty. Officer was charged with failing to properly care for assigned equipment.
Harold Polo · Union City Police Department · 2022
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Anthony Valvidia · Union City Police Department · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming, Incomplete or Failure to perform duties, Misuse of public property, Failure to comply with lawful orders, directive or…
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Mauricio Garces · Union City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): DUI / Intoxication off-duty, not in uniform and arrested / Conduct unbecoming a public employee
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Patricia Lazzarini · Union City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations
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Patricia Lazzarini · Union City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations
same agency · similar sanction outcome
16 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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Officer Gerardo Colon of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 10 days for a rule violation. The record states that Colon was involved in a motor vehicle accident while on duty and was charged with failing to properly care for assigned equipment.
Gerardo Colon has one major discipline record at Union City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Gerardo Colon's reported base salary is $128,621, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Gerardo Colon has 8 years, 2 months of reported service.
Union City Police Department reported 156 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Gerardo Colon individually.