Suspended 5 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Rivera has 2 sustained major discipline records from Woodbridge Twp PD, spanning 2021 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: SOP 130.2.2(g) Chokeholds and Neck Restraints.
Discipline timeline, 2021 to 2025
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2 records, 2021 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Hector Rivera, by year
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.
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.
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.
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.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Hector Rivera's major discipline record?
Rivera has 2 sustained major discipline records from Woodbridge Twp PD, spanning 2021 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: SOP 130.2.2(g) Chokeholds and Neck Restraints.
What is Hector Rivera's major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department?
Hector Rivera has 2 major discipline records at Woodbridge Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Hector Rivera's base salary on record?
Hector Rivera's reported base salary is $147,985, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Hector Rivera has 18 years, 10 months of reported service.
How large is Woodbridge Township Police Department, the department Hector Rivera worked for?
Woodbridge Township Police Department reported 222 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 Rivera individually.
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]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. The timeline counts rows 457, 2615. ↩
[4]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/. ↩
[5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8412. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩