Officer Jonathan Salas was suspended for 10 days by the Newark Police Department in 2021 after he handled his service weapon in an unsafe manner during a vehicle pursuit. The agency did not report the sustained charges.
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.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Jonathan Salas's major discipline record?
Officer Jonathan Salas was suspended for 10 days by the Newark Police Department in 2021 after he handled his service weapon in an unsafe manner during a vehicle pursuit. The agency did not report the sustained charges.
What is Jonathan Salas's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?
Jonathan Salas 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.
What is Jonathan Salas's base salary on record?
Jonathan Salas's reported base salary is $107,339, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Jonathan Salas has 8 years of reported service.
How large is Newark Police Department, the department Jonathan Salas worked for?
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 Jonathan Salas individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2551. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218820, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩