Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 41 daysSeparated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Indictable Offense
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Jeffrey Veloz received a 41-day suspension from the Bayonne Police Department and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. On August 11, 2022, Veloz was arrested by the Port Authority Office of the Inspector General in Staten Island for toll evasion and charged under New York Penal Law 155.30 with grand larceny, a crime of the fourth degree equivalent to third-degree theft. Veloz resigned on November 1, 2022, and the resignation, not in good standing, was finalized in February 2023. The sustained charge was an indictable offense.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On August 11, 2022 Officer Veloz was arrested by the Port Authority of New York / New Jersey Office of the Inspector General in Staten Island, New York for toll evasion. Officer Veloz was charged with NY Penal Law 155.30 Grand Larceny, a crime of the fouth degree, which is equivalent to a third degree theft in New Jersey. Officer Veloz was entered into the New York State equivalent of Pre-Trial Intervention in the Richmond County Superior Court. Officer Veloz resigned from the Bayonne Police Department on November 1, 2022. Officer Veloz' resignation, not in good standing, was finalized in February 2023.