Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Lakia Torres received a 6-day suspension from the Middlesex County Sheriffs Office in 2022. On May 4, 2022, Torres was charged with chronic and excessive lateness after being late 24 times in 2022. The record notes Torres had previously been disciplined for the same charges. The sustained charge was excessive absenteeism.
On 5/4/2022, Officer Lakia Torres was charged with Chronic and Excessive lateness. Late 24 times in 2022. Torres has previously been disciplined for the same charges.
Compensation and pension
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Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
David Demaio · Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 2022
Suspended 45 days
Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Raymond Smith · Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 2022
Suspended 15 days
Sustained charge(s): Failure to perform Duties
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Elena Rivera · Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 2022
Suspended 15 days
Sustained charge(s): Failure to perform Duties
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): Standard of Conduct, Neglect of Duty, Performance of Duty, Incompetency, Inefficiency, or failure to Perform duties, Conduct Unbecoming a…
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Edwin Mata · Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 2025
Suspended 20 days
Sustained charge(s): Other Sufficient Cause, Prohibited Activity on Duty, Use of Recording and Electronic Transmissions
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Lakia Torres's major discipline record?
Officer Lakia Torres received a 6-day suspension from the Middlesex County Sheriffs Office in 2022. On May 4, 2022, Torres was charged with chronic and excessive lateness after being late 24 times in 2022. The record notes Torres had previously been disciplined for the same charges. The sustained charge was excessive absenteeism.
What is Lakia Torres's major discipline record at Middlesex County Sheriff's Department?
Lakia Torres has one major discipline record at Middlesex County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Lakia Torres's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Lakia Torres at Middlesex County Sheriff's Department.
How does Middlesex County Sheriff's Department score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Middlesex County Sheriff's Department in the highest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Lakia Torres individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2238. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩