Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Jaiden Cruz

Irvington Police Department · 1 record · 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 30 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): (2 counts), Other Sufficient Causes (Obedience to Laws and Rules)
Separated while IA pending: No

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

Officer Jaiden Cruz was suspended for 30 days by the Irvington Police Department in 2025. The record states that on June 27, 2024, off-duty Cruz was involved in an at-fault motor vehicle crash on Route 78 West and was arrested and charged with DUI/DWI by the New Jersey State Police. He pleaded guilty on December 10, 2024, was fined, and was required to install an ignition interlock device. Of the suspension, 20 days were without pay and 10 days were held in abeyance for one year.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On June 27, 2024, Off-duty Officer Jaiden Cruz was involved in an at-fault motor vehicle crash on Route 78 West while operating his personal vehicle and was arrested and charged with DUI/DWI by the NJSP. Subsequently, he pleaded guilty on December 10, 2024, was fined and required to install an ignition interlock device. He later received a 30-day suspension, with 20 days without pay and 10 days held in abeyance for one year.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $67,498
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 1 year, 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 309. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 224997, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩