DemotedSuspended 120 daysmost recent record, 2022 · as reported
Almanzar has 2 sustained major discipline records from Union Co PD, spanning 2020 to 2022. The records include a demotion and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147 (Statutory Misconduct), N.J.A.C 4A:2-2.3(a)1 Incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties.
Discipline timeline, 2020 to 2022
AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.
2 records, 2020 to 2022
Major discipline records reported for Homero Almanzar, by year
Sergeant Homero Almanzar of the Union County Police Department was demoted and suspended for 120 days for incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties as a supervisor, along with statutory misconduct. During a case involving an aggravated assault and weapons offenses, Almanzar failed to properly supervise and provide clear direction to his subordinates and failed to ensure their reports were completed before the end of the shift. He determined the case was not in his jurisdiction but never notified the other jurisdiction that it should investigate.
Sgt Almanzar was demoted and suspended for 120 days for , or failure to perform duties as a supervisor. Almanzar failed to properly supervise and provide clear direction to his subordinates during a case involving an aggravated assault and weapons offenses. Almanzar failed to ensure his subordinates reports were completed prior to end of shift. Almanzar determined the case was not in his jurisdiction but never notified the other jurisdiction that they should investigate the crime.
A separate record for Sergeant Homero Almanzar of the Union County Police Department documents an 8-day suspension for a body worn camera policy violation. The agency did not report specific sustained charges or a fuller synopsis.
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
John Tacopino · Freehold Township Police Department · 2022
DemotedSuspended 10 days
Sustained charge(s): Obedience to Laws and Regulations, Command of Scene, Impartial Attitude, Responsibilities of a Ranking Officer, Responsibilities of a…
Sustained charge(s): 1.Failure to Supervise 2.Failure to comply with proper orders 3.Failure to respond to a radio call or leaving police vehicle without…
same year · similar sanction outcome
Thomas Farrell · North Arlington Police Department · 2022
DemotedSuspended 10 days
Sustained charge(s): Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules, & Written Directives
same year · similar sanction outcome
Other officers at Union County Police Department
One other named officer with a reported major discipline record at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Homero Almanzar's major discipline record?
Almanzar has 2 sustained major discipline records from Union Co PD, spanning 2020 to 2022. The records include a demotion and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147 (Statutory Misconduct), N.J.A.C 4A:2-2.3(a)1 Incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties.
What is Homero Almanzar's major discipline record at Union County Police Department?
Homero Almanzar has 2 major discipline records at Union County Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Union County Police Department, the department Homero Almanzar worked for?
Union County Police Department reported 67 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Homero Almanzar individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2398. 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 3006. 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 2398. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 2398, 3006. ↩
[4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8624. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩