Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

MAURICIO GARCES

Union City Police Department · 1 record · 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 180 days

Rank as reported: OFFICER
Sustained charge(s): DUI / Intoxication off-duty, not in uniform and arrested / a public employee
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Officer Mauricio Garces of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 180 days after a July 2, 2023 arrest by the Secaucus Police Department for driving under the influence. According to the record, Garces was found asleep in his car while the vehicle was in drive at an intersection. On January 9, 2024, he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of liquor or drugs. The suspension was settled at 180 days.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On July 2nd, 2023, Officer Mauricio Garces was arrested by the Secaucus Police Department for driving under the influence after being found asleep in his car while the car was in drive at an intersection. On January 9, 2024, Officer Garces pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of liquor or drugs. P.O. Mauricio Garces settled on a 180-Day suspension.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $92,863
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 12 years, 9 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 403. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 220451, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩