Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2025
Suspended 15 days2025 · as reported
While transporting a prisoner in 2025, Officer Garcia 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 from custody. Newark PD sustained a charge of guarding prisoners and suspended Garcia for 15 days.
Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 15 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Garcia 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.
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74 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Luis Garcia, Newark Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/luis-garcia-newark-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
While transporting a prisoner in 2025, Officer Garcia 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 from custody. Newark PD sustained a charge of guarding prisoners and suspended Garcia for 15 days.
Luis Garcia has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
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 Luis Garcia individually.