Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Joshua Hernandez

Weehawken Police Department · 2 records · 2022, 2024

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Suspended 10 days

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

Plain-language summary (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.

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

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

Plain-language summary (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.

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[3]

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.

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]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/. ↩