Lawrence Township Police Department terminated Patrolman Nieves in 2025. According to the record, Nieves misrepresented his location on numerous dates during his meal break, entered the D&R Canal State Park in violation of Governor Murphy's Executive Order 118, and moved his vehicle's dash camera so that signage prohibiting access was not in view where he met another person. He was terminated after a local hearing and appealed. The matter was folded into a civil litigation complaint and settled in July 2025, with Nieves waiving any right to reinstatement or reemployment.
Former Officer Hector Nieves was alleged to have: misrepresented his location on numerous dates as a place he either never went to during his meal break or spent only a small portion of his meal break; entered the D&R Canal State Park in violation of Governor Murphy's Executive Order 118 (COVID-19 related order); moved his vehicle's dash camera so that the park entrance signage prohibiting access and the raised canal path were not in view where he met another person in violation of Executive Order 118. Nieves was charged administratively, terminated after a local hearing and appealed the charges. Subsequently, his appeal was subsumed into a civil litigation complaint and the matter was settled in July of 2025 with him waiving the right to reinstatement or reemployment.
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Other officers at Lawrence Township Police Department
3 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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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Hector Nieves's major discipline record?
Lawrence Township Police Department terminated Patrolman Nieves in 2025. According to the record, Nieves misrepresented his location on numerous dates during his meal break, entered the D&R Canal State Park in violation of Governor Murphy's Executive Order 118, and moved his vehicle's dash camera so that signage prohibiting access was not in view where he met another person. He was terminated after a local hearing and appealed. The matter was folded into a civil litigation complaint and settled in July 2025, with Nieves waiving any right to reinstatement or reemployment.
What is Hector Nieves's major discipline record at Lawrence Township Police Department?
Hector Nieves has one major discipline record at Lawrence Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Hector Nieves's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Hector Nieves's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is Lawrence Township Police Department, the department Hector Nieves worked for?
Lawrence Township Police Department reported 61 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Hector Nieves individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 418. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8376. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩