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Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 10 days2023 · as reported
Officer Cruz unholstered his department-issued firearm and permitted his friend to handle the weapon, which resulted in the friend pulling the trigger and discharging a round. Newark PD sustained charges of disobedience of orders, handling of firearms, conduct in public or private and police image, and suspended Cruz for 10 days in 2023.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Cruz unholstered his department-issued firearm and permitted his friend to handle the weapon, resulting in the friend pulling the trigger and discharging a round.
Erica Donald · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 9 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Aleem Johnson · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty & Loafing on Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Alonso Vinueza · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Richard Pacelli · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Richard Pisano · Newark Police Department · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders & Inefficiency or Incompetence of Superior Officers
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
74 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Officer Cruz unholstered his department-issued firearm and permitted his friend to handle the weapon, which resulted in the friend pulling the trigger and discharging a round. Newark PD sustained charges of disobedience of orders, handling of firearms, conduct in public or private and police image, and suspended Cruz for 10 days in 2023.
Jose Cruz has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Jose Cruz's reported base salary is $97,404, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Jose Cruz has 4 years, 7 months of reported service.
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 Jose Cruz individually.