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Hilda Colon

Bergenfield Police Department · 2 records · 2023, 2024

Suspended 13 daysmost recent record, 2024 · as reported

Colon has 2 sustained major discipline records from Bergenfield PD, spanning 2023 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Insubordination - AWOL; Sick Policy Violation / Insubordination.

Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2024

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2023 to 2024

Major discipline records reported for Hilda Colon, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20231Suspension
20241Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 13 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Police Officer Hilda Colon violated the Bergenfield Police Department Sick Policy by failing to follow proper procedure. Colon was also insubordinate, failing to provide proper documentation after a supervisor advised her and failing to update the Chief of Police about her status to return to work, which prevented proper schedule adjustments. The conduct occurred in 2023, and the appeal was concluded in 2024. Colon was suspended for 13 days, recorded as a loss of time.

Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Sick Policy Violation /
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

PO Colon violated the Department Sick Policy by failing to follow proper procedure. PO Colon was also insubordinate by failing to provide proper documentation after being advised by a Supervisor. Also insubordinate by failing to update the Chief of Police as requested as to her status to return to work, not allowing for the proper schedule adjustments/ time adjustments. The conduct occurred in 2023, but the appeal/hearing was concluded in 2024.

Major discipline · 2023[2]

Suspended 6 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In a separate matter, Officer Hilda Colon failed to follow orders from a supervisor by not reporting to light-duty work at the required time on three consecutive shifts. When she did report, she violated policy by not wearing the proper light duty uniform. The conduct occurred in 2022, and the appeal was concluded in 2023. Bergenfield Police Department suspended Colon for 6 days, recorded as a loss of time.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
- AWOL
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

PO Colon failed to follow proper orders given by a supervisor by not showing up to work (light duty) at the required time on (3) consecutive shifts. When responding to work, she also violated policy by failing to be in the proper light duty uniform. The conduct occurred in 2022, but the appeal/hearing was concluded in 2023.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Eric Lind · Bergenfield Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 7 days

    Sustained charge(s): Sick Policy Violation

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • John Brown · Bergenfield Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 975 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael DiBona · Allenhurst Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Prohibited activity on duty.

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • William Reng · Asbury Park Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Body Worn Camera Policy Violation

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Vega · Atlantic City Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 90 days

    Sustained charge(s): Other Rule Violation; Prohibited Acts on-Duty & Other Rule Violation; Standards of Conduct

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Bergenfield Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$150,677
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
19 years, 8 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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Hilda Colon's major discipline record?

Colon has 2 sustained major discipline records from Bergenfield PD, spanning 2023 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Insubordination - AWOL; Sick Policy Violation / Insubordination.

What is Hilda Colon's major discipline record at Bergenfield Police Department?

Hilda Colon has 2 major discipline records at Bergenfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Hilda Colon's base salary on record?

Hilda Colon's reported base salary is $150,677, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Hilda Colon has 19 years, 8 months of reported service.

How large is Bergenfield Police Department, the department Hilda Colon worked for?

Bergenfield Police Department reported 47 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Hilda Colon individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 875. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1502. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 875. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 875, 1502.
  4. [4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 224926, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  5. [5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8132. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.