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
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2 records, 2022 to 2024
Major discipline records reported for Joshua Hernandez, by year
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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]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]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]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]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]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/. ↩