Lakewood Police Department suspended Officer Vadino III for 9 days in 2023 for neglect of duty. The record states that on July 15, 2023, he responded to a call involving the violation of a temporary restraining order but allowed the violator to leave rather than making an arrest. When the offender returned, Vadino III again did not make an arrest, and the offender was instead transported to a local hospital. A supervisor later discovered and corrected the matter.
On July 15, 2023 Officer Vadino III responded to a call involving the violation of a Temporary Restraining Order. Instead of effecting an arrest of the violator he allowed them to leave the scene. A short later the offender returned. Upon arrival a second time, Officer Vadino III once again did not effect an arrest. Instead the offender was transported to a local hospital. A short time later the issue was discovered and corrected by his supervisor. As a result, Officer Vadino III was suspended for 9 Days.
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What is a summary of Louis Vadino III's major discipline record?
Lakewood Police Department suspended Officer Vadino III for 9 days in 2023 for neglect of duty. The record states that on July 15, 2023, he responded to a call involving the violation of a temporary restraining order but allowed the violator to leave rather than making an arrest. When the offender returned, Vadino III again did not make an arrest, and the offender was instead transported to a local hospital. A supervisor later discovered and corrected the matter.
What is Louis Vadino III's major discipline record at Lakewood Police Department?
Louis Vadino III has one major discipline record at Lakewood Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Louis Vadino III's base salary on record?
Louis Vadino III's reported base salary is $90,861, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Louis Vadino III has 5 years, 6 months of reported service.
How large is Lakewood Police Department, the department Louis Vadino III worked for?
Lakewood Police Department reported 189 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Louis Vadino III individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1839. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 230340, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8518. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩