Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 6 days2021 · as reported
Officer Janet Santiago was suspended for 6 days by the Newark Police Department in 2021 for being off her assigned post without authorization when a shooting occurred on that post. The sustained charges were not reported.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 6 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Santiago was suspended for 6 days for being off her assigned post without authorization when a shooting occurred on her post.
Dwayne Mays · Newark Police Department · 2021
Suspended 15 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Carlos Barthelemy · Newark Police Department · 2021
Suspended 6 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Tigee Pagan · Newark Police Department · 2021
Suspended 15 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Gregory Gourgue · Newark Police Department · 2021
Suspended 27 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Stephanie Marte · Newark Police Department · 2021
Suspended 8 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
74 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Officer Janet Santiago was suspended for 6 days by the Newark Police Department in 2021 for being off her assigned post without authorization when a shooting occurred on that post. The sustained charges were not reported.
Janet Santiago has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Newark Police Department reported 1,119 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Janet Santiago individually.