Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Jose Cruz

Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: PO
Sustained charge(s): Disobedience of Orders, Handling of Firearms, Conduct in Public or Private & Police Image
Separated while IA pending: not reported

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

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.

Synopsis 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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $97,404
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 4 years, 7 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 1665. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218182, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩