Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In 2024, Jersey City PD sustained a criminal-acts forgery charge against Police Officer Justin Rivera. According to the record, Rivera was charged with six (6) counts of fourth-degree forgery and, in court, entered into the PTI program and forfeited his employment with the JCPD, and is forever disqualified from holding any office or position of trust or profit under New Jersey or its subdivisions. Rivera was suspended for 22 days and was separated while an internal affairs matter was pending.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
P.O. J. Rivera #3282 was charged with (6) counts of 4th degree forgery and in court entered into the PTI program and forfeited his employment with the JCPD and is forever disqualified from holding any office or position of trust or profit under this state (NJ) or any of it's administrative or political subdivisions. .
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1124. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩