Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Juan Cruz

Paterson Police Department · 1 record · 2024

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Other sanction

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): Indictable Offense
Separated while IA pending: No

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

On March 25, 2024, Officer Cruz was charged by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office with indictable offenses stemming from an incident in Paterson on or about December 10, 2022, involving the handling of domestic violence allegations against another member of law enforcement. He was charged with official misconduct, conspiracy to commit official misconduct, hindering apprehension, and tampering with public records, and was indicted in December 2024. The Paterson Police Department reported that Cruz was suspended for 30 days and that the charges remain open.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On March 25, 2024, Officer Juan Cruz was charged by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office for indictable offenses stemming from an incident that allegedly occurred in the City of Paterson on or about December 10, 2022. It is alleged that he failed to properly investigate and document domestic violence allegations involving another member of law enforcement. He was charged with Official Misconduct, Conspiracy to Commit Official Misconduct, Hindering Apprehension, and Tampering with Public Records. He was indicted in December 2024. He was suspended for 30 days while the investigation was ongoing. The criminal charges remain open.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $74,681
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 3 years, 8 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 1247. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 225851, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩