Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Plainfield Police Department · 1 record · 2025
Suspended 15 days2025 · as reported
The Plainfield Police Department suspended Police Officer Jason Pardo for 15 days on a sustained excessive force charge. According to the record, Pardo violated the department's use of force policy by purposely pushing a cuffed prisoner, which caused the prisoner to strike his head on a closed door.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 15 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Pardo was found to be in violation of our Use of Force policy, after purposely pushing a cuffed prisoner, causing the prisoner to strike his head on a closed door.
Michael Rathjen · Burlington County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 55 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive force
similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
John Bocchino · East Orange Police Department · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive force
similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
David Paige · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive Force, Disobedience of Orders
similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Samuel Gonzalez · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, & Excessive Force
similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Frank Rodriguez · Newark Police Department · 2022
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive force, Disobedience to Orders
similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
8 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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The Plainfield Police Department suspended Police Officer Jason Pardo for 15 days on a sustained excessive force charge. According to the record, Pardo violated the department's use of force policy by purposely pushing a cuffed prisoner, which caused the prisoner to strike his head on a closed door.
Jason Pardo has one major discipline record at Plainfield Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Plainfield Police Department reported 128 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Jason Pardo individually.