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Joshua Hernandez

Weehawken Police Department · 2 records · 2022, 2024

Suspended 10 daysmost recent record, 2024 · as reported

Hernandez has 2 sustained major discipline records from Weehawken PD, spanning 2022 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Abuse of Sick Time; Serious Rule Infraction.

Discipline timeline, 2022 to 2024

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2022 to 2024

Major discipline records reported for Joshua Hernandez, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20221Suspension
20230No record published
20241Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Joshua Hernandez was suspended for 10 days by the Weehawken Police Department in 2024 and also received training, coaching or counseling. The agency reported that Hernandez was involved in a motor vehicle crash on October 14, 2023, while operating a marked patrol vehicle and responding with emergency lights and sirens to back up another officer on a parking complaint. The crash caused no injuries, but the patrol vehicle and a civilian vehicle sustained damage. The sustained charge was a serious rule infraction.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Serious Rule Infraction
Other sanction
Training coaching or counseling
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Hernandez was involved in a Motor Vehicle Crash on October 14, 2023, at 19:58 hours while operating Mark Patrol Vehicle 208 at 4100 Park Ave and 41st Street. Officer Henandez responded with his vehicle's emergency lights and sirens to 51st Street and Park Ave to back up an officer on a Parking complaint. The crash did not result in any injuries. However, patrol Vehicle 208 and the other civilian vehicle sustained damage.

Major discipline · 2022[2]

Suspended 9 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Patrolman Joshua Hernandez was suspended in a 2022 matter by the Weehawken Police Department for abuse of sick time. The agency reported that Hernandez used an excessive amount of sick time over a 2 year period in violation of department policy. He lost a total of 9 vacation days, in addition to two 30 day suspensions held in abeyance, one for two years and one for one year.

Rank as reported
Patrolman (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Abuse of Sick Time
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

03/17/2022 Ptl. Joshua Hernandez used an excessive amount of sick time for a 2 year period in violation of department policy. As a result, Ptl. Joshua Hernandez lost a total of 9 vacation days for Abuse of Sick Time in addition to the following abeyances - In Abeyance for 2 years till 09/18/2024 30 days suspension for sick abuse, In Abeyance for 1 year till 09/18/2023 30 days suspension all other discipline.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Vicky Remache · Weehawken Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 79 days

    Sustained charge(s): Serious Rule Infraction

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael DiBona · Allenhurst Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Prohibited activity on duty.

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • William Reng · Asbury Park Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Body Worn Camera Policy Violation

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Vega · Atlantic City Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 90 days

    Sustained charge(s): Other Rule Violation; Prohibited Acts on-Duty & Other Rule Violation; Standards of Conduct

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Warren Young · Atlantic City Police Department · 2024

    Suspended (days not reported)

    Sustained charge(s): Standards of Conduct / Obedience to Laws and Regulations / Other Criminal Violation - Domestic Violence

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Weehawken Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$134,549
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
10 years, 6 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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Joshua Hernandez's major discipline record?

Hernandez has 2 sustained major discipline records from Weehawken PD, spanning 2022 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Abuse of Sick Time; Serious Rule Infraction.

What is Joshua Hernandez's major discipline record at Weehawken Police Department?

Joshua Hernandez has 2 major discipline records at Weehawken Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Joshua Hernandez's base salary on record?

Joshua Hernandez's reported base salary is $134,549, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Joshua Hernandez has 10 years, 6 months of reported service.

How large is Weehawken Police Department, the department Joshua Hernandez worked for?

Weehawken Police Department reported 61 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Joshua Hernandez individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1134. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2221. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1134. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1134, 2221.
  4. [4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 224160, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  5. [5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8348. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.