Officer John Lopez was terminated by the Guttenberg Police Department and received a 154-day suspension in 2024. On or about May 15, 2021, Lopez submitted a report requesting to be excused from shaving and included a doctor's note. He could not name the doctor or the office location, and an investigation overseen by the county prosecutor found that Lopez was not a patient at the listed office and that no doctor had signed the note. Charges including false reports and withholding information were sustained.
On or about May 15, 2021, Lopez submitted an Internal Incident Report requesting to be excused from shaving due to skin irritation. Included with the report was a doctor's note. The name of the doctor and location of the office were handwritten on the prescription blank. When asked the name of the doctor and the location of the office, Lopez was unable to provide an answer. The prescription was then photocopied to prove its authenticity but the word “VOID” did not appear on the copied version. With the oversight of the County Prosecutor, an investigation ensued and it was revealed that Lopez was not a patient at the office written on the prescription blank and that a doctor did not sign it. Lopez was eventually terminated as a result of this investigation.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of John Lopez's major discipline record?
Officer John Lopez was terminated by the Guttenberg Police Department and received a 154-day suspension in 2024. On or about May 15, 2021, Lopez submitted a report requesting to be excused from shaving and included a doctor's note. He could not name the doctor or the office location, and an investigation overseen by the county prosecutor found that Lopez was not a patient at the listed office and that no doctor had signed the note. Charges including false reports and withholding information were sustained.
What is John Lopez's major discipline record at Guttenberg Police Department?
John Lopez has one major discipline record at Guttenberg Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does John Lopez's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of John Lopez's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Guttenberg Police Department, the department John Lopez worked for?
Guttenberg Police Department reported 28 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about John Lopez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1096. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8340. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩