Officer Marco Penetra of the Union Township Police Department was suspended for 15 days for conduct unbecoming a public employee and a violation of obedience to laws and rules. The record states that Penetra left his assigned post while on duty to meet another person in his personal vehicle, where he engaged in an act of physical intimacy. On a second occasion, while on duty, Penetra sent that individual explicit photos of himself by text.
(a)6 Conducting Unbecoming a public employee 1.4.1 V.A.7 Obedience to Laws and Rules
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Penetra had inappropriate relations with another person while on duty, specifically leaving his assigned post to meet up with this individual in his personal vehicle. Upon meeting up with the individual Officer Pentera engaged in an act of physical intimacy. On a second occasion, while on duty, Officer Penetra engaged in texting the same individual explicit photos of himself.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Marco Penetra's major discipline record?
Officer Marco Penetra of the Union Township Police Department was suspended for 15 days for conduct unbecoming a public employee and a violation of obedience to laws and rules. The record states that Penetra left his assigned post while on duty to meet another person in his personal vehicle, where he engaged in an act of physical intimacy. On a second occasion, while on duty, Penetra sent that individual explicit photos of himself by text.
What is Marco Penetra's major discipline record at Union Township Police Department?
Marco Penetra has one major discipline record at Union Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Union Township Police Department, the department Marco Penetra worked for?
Union Township Police Department reported 138 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Marco Penetra individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1455. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8619. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩