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Kerwin Lovo

Newark Police Department · 2 records · 2020, 2025

Suspended 15 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

Lovo has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2020 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Guarding Prisoners.

Discipline timeline, 2020 to 2025

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2020 to 2025

Major discipline records reported for Kerwin Lovo, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20201Suspension
20210No record published
20220No record published
20230No record published
20240No record published
20251Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 15 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

While transporting a prisoner, Officer Lovo failed to maintain proper custody. As a result of inadequate supervision, the prisoner escaped through the rear window partition, unlocked the door from the outside, and fled. Newark PD sustained a charge of guarding prisoners in 2025 and suspended Lovo for 15 days.

Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Guarding Prisoners
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Lovo was transporting a prisoner but failed to maintain proper custody. As a result of inadequate supervision, the prisoner was able to escape through the rear window partition, unlock the door from the outside, and flee from custody.

Major discipline · 2020[2]

Suspended 6 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Kerwin Lovo was suspended for 6 days by the Newark Police Department in 2020 after he struck a fire hydrant with a marked patrol unit during an accident. The agency did not report sustained charges for this record.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not applicable
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

P/O Lovo struck a fire hydrant with a marked patrol unit during an accident

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Dayvon Bailey · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination, Obedience to Orders and Conduct Unbecoming

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Luis Contreras · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Use of Force and Disobedience of Orders

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Erica Donald · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 8 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Assistance to Citizens, Bound by Duty and Response to a Call.

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Alyssa Flores · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct, Language, Performance, Police Image, and Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Luis Garcia · Newark Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Guarding Prisoners

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Newark Police Department

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

All 74 at the Newark Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[4]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$119,850
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
9 years, 9 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 Kerwin Lovo's major discipline record?

Lovo has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, spanning 2020 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Guarding Prisoners.

What is Kerwin Lovo's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?

Kerwin Lovo has 2 major discipline records at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Kerwin Lovo's base salary on record?

Kerwin Lovo's reported base salary is $119,850, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Kerwin Lovo has 9 years, 9 months of reported service.

How large is Newark Police Department, the department Kerwin Lovo worked for?

Newark Police Department reported 1,119 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Kerwin Lovo individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 322. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2842. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 322. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 322, 2842.
  4. [4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218491, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  5. [5]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.