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Union City Police Department · 1 record · 2022
Suspended 20 days2022 · as reported
Detective Harold Polo of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 20 days for conduct unbecoming following an off-duty DUI. Polo pleaded guilty to reckless driving and received a 90-day license suspension, and two additional charges were dismissed.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 20 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Detective Polo was suspended 20 days as a result of an off-duty DUI in which he pleaded guilty to Reckless Driving with a 90 day license suspension the additional two charges (39:4-50.2 & 39:4-50.4A) were dismissed.
Gerardo Colon · Union City Police Department · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Other Rule Violation
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
same agency · similar sanction outcome
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
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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Detective Harold Polo of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 20 days for conduct unbecoming following an off-duty DUI. Polo pleaded guilty to reckless driving and received a 90-day license suspension, and two additional charges were dismissed.
Harold Polo 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.
Harold Polo's reported base salary is $141,535, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Harold Polo has 14 years, 6 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 Harold Polo individually.