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.
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Juan Smith, Linden Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/juan-smith-linden-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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.
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]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]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/. ↩