Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Hilda Colon

Bergenfield Police Department · 2 records · 2023, 2024

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Suspended 13 days

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

Plain-language summary (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.

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

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

Plain-language summary (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.

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[3]

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.

Sources

[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]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]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/. ↩