Officer Lukkas Perez of the Vineland Police Department received a 10-day suspension and a monetary fine or loss of pay for neglect of duty and violations of domestic violence investigation policy. On April 1, 2025, Perez investigated a domestic aggravated assault with weapons and, at the end of his shift, went home without filing criminal charges as required. He also knew the victim was being admitted to the hospital but failed to help the victim obtain a TRO there, instead instructing the victim to come to the police station after release.
NJ AG Guidelines and VPD Policy on Domestic Violence Investigations.
Other sanction
Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 4-1-2025, Officer L. Perez investigated a domestic aggravated assault with weapons. After processing the scene and retrieving information from the victim and hospital personnel, Officer L. Perez responded to police HQ to complete his report. At the end of his shift, Officer L. Perez went home and never filed criminal charges as per domestic violence guidelines and policy. In addition, Officer L. Perez knew the victim was being admitted to the hospital and failed to assist the victim in obtaining a TRO at the hospital. Officer L. Perez instead instructed the victim to come to the police station when they were released.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Lukkas Perez's major discipline record?
Officer Lukkas Perez of the Vineland Police Department received a 10-day suspension and a monetary fine or loss of pay for neglect of duty and violations of domestic violence investigation policy. On April 1, 2025, Perez investigated a domestic aggravated assault with weapons and, at the end of his shift, went home without filing criminal charges as required. He also knew the victim was being admitted to the hospital but failed to help the victim obtain a TRO there, instead instructing the victim to come to the police station after release.
What is Lukkas Perez's major discipline record at Vineland Police Department?
Lukkas Perez has one major discipline record at Vineland Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Vineland Police Department, the department Lukkas Perez worked for?
Vineland Police Department reported 147 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Lukkas Perez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 280. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8283. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩