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Juan Smith

Linden Police Department · 1 record · 2023

Suspended 12 days2023 · as reported

In 2023, Linden Police Department suspended Officer Smith for 12 days. According to the record, on May 18, 2022, Smith failed to properly investigate a suspected impaired driver during a motor vehicle crash investigation. He also violated body worn camera policy by muting his microphone twice without cause or narration, and his mobile video recorder was never activated during the incident. Sustained charges included Neglect of Duty, Conduct Unbecoming, and failure to perform duties.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended 12 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • or Failure to Perform Duties
  • Dept. polices and procedures
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On May 18, 2022, Officer Juan Smith failed to properly investigate a suspected impaired driver during a motor vehicle crash investigation. Smith also violated departmental Body Worn Camera (BWC) policies and procedures by muted his microphone twice without cause and narration. Additionally, Smith's Mobile Video Recorder was never activated during the incident.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • James Schulhafer · Linden Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 48 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Insubordination

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • James Schulhafer · Linden Police Department · 2023

    Suspended 32 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Other sufficient cause, Dept. policies and procedures

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Mikolajczyk · Linden Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 12 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Mikolajczyk · Linden Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Mikolajczyk · Linden Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Linden Police Department

7 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$86,644
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
6 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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Juan Smith's major discipline record?

In 2023, Linden Police Department suspended Officer Smith for 12 days. According to the record, on May 18, 2022, Smith failed to properly investigate a suspected impaired driver during a motor vehicle crash investigation. He also violated body worn camera policy by muting his microphone twice without cause or narration, and his mobile video recorder was never activated during the incident. Sustained charges included Neglect of Duty, Conduct Unbecoming, and failure to perform duties.

What is Juan Smith's major discipline record at Linden Police Department?

Juan Smith has one major discipline record at Linden Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Juan Smith's base salary on record?

Juan Smith's reported base salary is $86,644, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Juan Smith has 6 years, 8 months of reported service.

How large is Linden Police Department, the department Juan Smith worked for?

Linden Police Department reported 142 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 Smith individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1986. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 232048, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8609. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩