Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Hector Rivera

Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2 records · 2021, 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 5 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): SOP 130.2.2(g) Chokeholds and Neck Restraints
Other sanction: Training coaching or counseling
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Woodbridge Twp PD reported that in February 2023 Officer Hector Rivera responded to a domestic dispute where the offender was combative and refused to relinquish control over his infant daughter so he could be placed under arrest. During the arrest, Rivera applied an improper neck restraint that was prohibited by policy. He was suspended for 5 days and received training, coaching, or counseling. The sustained charge concerned chokeholds and neck restraints.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

In February 2023 Officer Rivera responded to a domestic dispute. Upon arrival the offender was combative and refused to relinquish control over his infant daughter so that he could be placed under arrest. During the arrest Officer Rivera applied an improper neck restraint that was prohibited by policy.

Major discipline · 2021^[2]

Suspended 6 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): not provided
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Woodbridge Twp PD reported that Officer Hector Rivera was suspended for 6 days for neglect of duty at an off-duty detail and incorrect time reporting. The agency did not provide a separate sustained charge category, and the year reported was 2021.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

at an off-duty detail and incorrect time reporting

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[3]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $147,985
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 18 years, 10 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 457. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2615. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 228353, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩