Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 30 days- Rank as reported
- Police Officer (see this rank)
- Sustained charge(s)
- 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
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.