Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Jorge Farinas

Elizabeth Police Department · 1 record · 2024

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Other sanction

Rank as reported: Sergeant
Sustained charge(s): Providing False Statement; a Public Employee
Separated while IA pending: not reported

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

Sergeant Jorge Farinas was disciplined by the Elizabeth Police Department for providing a false statement and conduct unbecoming a public employee. Farinas entered into a contractual agreement to provide security services to a private business in violation of SORA, and his statements to the Internal Affairs Division were less than candid regarding the services and his knowledge of SORA. Farinas was bypassed on the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's roster for the title of Police Lieutenant.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Sgt. Farinas entered into a contractual agreement to provide security services to a private business, in violation of SORA. Sgt. Farinas' statements to the Internal Affairs Division of the Elizabeth Police Department were less than candid with regard to the services being provided, as well as his knowledge of SORA. Sgt. Farinas was bypassed on the NJ Civil Service Commissions Eligible/Failure Roster for the Jurisdiction City of Elizabeth Police, Titled Police Lieutenant, Symbol PM4761D which expires on March 1, 2026.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $165,918
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 22 years, 9 months

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 1435. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 217479, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩