Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Josue Plaza

New Brunswick Police Department · 1 record · 2022

About this data

Records on this page come from the Attorney General's major discipline releases: final, post-appeal discipline as reported by the employing agency. They are sustained charges, not allegations.
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Major discipline · 2022^[1]

Suspended 8 days

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): a Public Employee; General Duties and Responsibilities of a Police Officer; General Conduct; All Other Conduct
Separated while IA pending: not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

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

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.

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.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $134,324
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 7 years, 9 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 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/. ↩