3:7.9 - Distracters; 3:7.14 - Prohibited Activity on Duty; 3:7.15 - All other Conduct; et. al.
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Secaucus Police Department suspended Police Officer Kiril Petrov for 210 days in 2024. The record states that on November 20, 2023, while on duty, Petrov used an app on his personal cellphone to track a party protected under the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act through a GPS device he placed on her vehicle without her consent, the second time he had done so. The next day, off duty, he conducted covert surveillance of her for about 1.5 hours. The sustained charges included prohibited activity on duty.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On November 20, 2023, Police Officer Kiril Petrov, while on duty, utilized an application on his personal cellular telephone to electronically monitor the whereabouts and location of “a party protected under the prevention of Domestic Violence Act," via a GPS tracking device he placed on her personal vehicle, without her consent and/or knowledge. This is the second occasion that Police Officer Kiril Petrov placed a GPS tracking device on this party's vehicle to monitor her whereabouts and location. Self admittedly Police Officer Petrov observed her location remotely, at least five times, while he was on duty on November 20, 2023, presumably distracting him from performing his legitimate police duties. After completing his shift, Police Officer Petrov utilized the GPS location to locate the party. Now November 21, 2023, Police Officer Petrov, while off-duty, conducted covert surveillance and physically observed this party in North Bergen, NJ for approximately 1.5 hours. Police Officer Petrov then surveilled a male associate of the party and followed him at high rates of speed until he and Police Officer Petrov confronted one another in Bergen County, NJ.
3:1.3 - Obedience to Laws, Ordinances, Rules and Written Directives; 3:4.3 - Reports; et.al
Other sanction
Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In 2024, the Secaucus Police Department suspended Police Officer Kiril Petrov for 30 days and imposed a monetary fine or loss of pay. According to the record, on November 14, 2023, Petrov submitted an overtime slip for an extra-duty job that falsely represented the time he actually performed the work, which allowed him to receive 1.5 hours of additional pay. The sustained charges were obedience to laws and reports.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On November 14, 2023 Police Officer Petrov submitted an overtime slip for an Extra Duty Job that falsely represented the time he actually performed the work, which allowed him to get 1.5 hours additional pay based on that misrepresentation.
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 1131. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1132. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 222450, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩