N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147 (Statutory misconduct) Lyndhurst Police Department Rules and Regulations, Section 3:1.1 (Standards of Conduct) Lyndhurst Police Department Rules and Regulations, Section 3:1.11 (Obedience to Laws and Regulations) Lyndhurst Police Department Rules and Regulations, Section 3:2.12 (Inspection) Section 45.02 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Township of Lyndhurst and Lyndhurst Policemen’s Benevolent Association, PBA Local 202, January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026
Other sanction
Loss of time
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Police Officer Jorge Fernandez was suspended for 30 days by the Lyndhurst Police Department in 2025 and lost time. On March 27, 2025, Fernandez submitted a wedding invitation to a supervisor in order to be excused from the mandatory Memorial Day inspection, and the invitation was found to have been altered. The investigation found he purposely and knowingly submitted an altered invitation to be excused. The sustained charges included statutory misconduct under N.J.S.A. 40A:14-147 and violations of department rules and regulations.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On March 27, 2025, P.O. Jorge Fernandez submitted a wedding invitation to a supervisor in order to be excused from the mandatory Lyndhurst Police Department Memorial Day inspection. This wedding invitation was found to have been altered. Based upon this investigation, it was found that P.O. Fernandez purposely and knowingly submitted an altered wedding investigation in order to be excused from the mandatory Memorial Day inspection.
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 80. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 222665, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩