Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Jay Ocampo

Elizabeth Police Department · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 8 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): Improper Search/BWR
Separated while IA pending: No

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

Officer Jay Ocampo was suspended for 8 days by the Elizabeth Police Department for an improper search and body worn recorder violation. Ocampo and his partner searched a motor vehicle for ownership with the driver's consent, but Ocampo exceeded the scope of that search by searching areas where paperwork is not commonly kept. The search was conducted without the use of his body worn camera.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Ofc. Ocampo and his partner conducted a search of a motor vehicle for ownership with the consent of the vehicle's driver. However, Ocampo exceeded the scope of that search by searching areas where paperwork is not commonly kept. Furthermore, the search was conducted without the use of his body worn camera.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $104,644
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 12 years

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 1980. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 217607, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩