Officer Juan Batista was suspended for 8 days by the Elizabeth Police Department for neglect of duty. Batista and his partner responded to a call for a minor motor vehicle accident, but the 17 y/o driver and 16 y/o passenger appeared to be suffering from a medical emergency. Batista failed to check on their wellbeing or summon emergency medical services and instead allowed another passenger to drive the vehicle away.
Ofc. Batista and his partner responded to a call for a minor motor vehicle accident. However, the 17 y/o driver and 16 y/o passenger appeared to be suffering from a medical emergency and Batista failed to check on their wellbeing or summon emergency medical services. Instead, he allowed another passenger to operate the motor vehicle and drive away.
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What is a summary of Juan Batista's major discipline record?
Officer Juan Batista was suspended for 8 days by the Elizabeth Police Department for neglect of duty. Batista and his partner responded to a call for a minor motor vehicle accident, but the 17 y/o driver and 16 y/o passenger appeared to be suffering from a medical emergency. Batista failed to check on their wellbeing or summon emergency medical services and instead allowed another passenger to drive the vehicle away.
What is Juan Batista's major discipline record at Elizabeth Police Department?
Juan Batista has one major discipline record at Elizabeth Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Juan Batista's base salary on record?
Juan Batista's reported base salary is $126,615, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Juan Batista has 7 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is Elizabeth Police Department, the department Juan Batista worked for?
Elizabeth Police Department reported 337 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Juan Batista individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1979. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 217414, 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 8604. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩