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Jonathan Salas

Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2021

Suspended 10 days2021 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2021[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not provided
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Salas was suspended for 10 days after he handled his service weapon in an unsafe manner during a vehicle pursuit.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Dwayne Mays · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 15 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Carlos Barthelemy · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 6 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Tigee Pagan · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 15 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Gregory Gourgue · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 27 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Stephanie Marte · Newark Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 8 days

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Newark Police Department

74 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 74 at the Newark Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$107,339
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
8 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.

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. [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. [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. [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/.