Officer Plaza was suspended for 8 days by New Brunswick PD after an internal investigation found he was intoxicated near his residence and caused property damage to a common area of his complex. The record states his actions elicited a police response and that his demeanor toward the responding officers was discourteous and unprofessional. Plaza paid restitution for the damage. The sustained charges included Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee and General Conduct.
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General Conduct
All Other Conduct
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not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Synopsis as reported by the agency
An internal investigation concluded Officer Josue Plaza was found to be intoxicated near his residence. He committed property damage to a common area in the complex he resides in. Officer Plaza paid restitution for the damage that he caused. His actions did elicit a police response. Officer Plaza's demeanor exhibited to the responding officers was discourteous and unprofessional. The officer was suspended for 8 days.
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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Josue Plaza, New Brunswick Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/josue-plaza-new-brunswick-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Josue Plaza's major discipline record?
Officer Plaza was suspended for 8 days by New Brunswick PD after an internal investigation found he was intoxicated near his residence and caused property damage to a common area of his complex. The record states his actions elicited a police response and that his demeanor toward the responding officers was discourteous and unprofessional. Plaza paid restitution for the damage. The sustained charges included Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee and General Conduct.
What is Josue Plaza's major discipline record at New Brunswick Police Department?
Josue Plaza has one major discipline record at New Brunswick Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Josue Plaza's base salary on record?
Josue Plaza's reported base salary is $134,324, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Josue Plaza has 7 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is New Brunswick Police Department, the department Josue Plaza worked for?
New Brunswick Police Department reported 149 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Josue Plaza individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2246. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 230028, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8401. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩