Officer Max Mejia Sorto was suspended for 8 days by the Elizabeth Police Department for an improper search and body worn recorder violation. Mejia Sorto and his partner searched a motor vehicle for ownership with the driver's consent, but Mejia Sorto exceeded the scope of that search by searching areas where paperwork is not commonly kept. The search was conducted without the use of his body worn camera.
Ofc. Mejia Sorto and his partner conducted a search of a motor vehicle for ownership with the consent of the vehicle's driver. However, Mejia exceeded the scope of that search by searching areas where paperwork is not commonly kept. Furthermore, the search was conducted without the use of his body worn camera.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Max Mejia Sorto, Elizabeth Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/max-mejia-sorto-elizabeth-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Max Mejia Sorto's major discipline record?
Officer Max Mejia Sorto was suspended for 8 days by the Elizabeth Police Department for an improper search and body worn recorder violation. Mejia Sorto and his partner searched a motor vehicle for ownership with the driver's consent, but Mejia Sorto exceeded the scope of that search by searching areas where paperwork is not commonly kept. The search was conducted without the use of his body worn camera.
What is Max Mejia Sorto's major discipline record at Elizabeth Police Department?
Max Mejia Sorto has one major discipline record at Elizabeth Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Max Mejia Sorto's base salary on record?
Max Mejia Sorto's reported base salary is $99,572, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Max Mejia Sorto has 4 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is Elizabeth Police Department, the department Max Mejia Sorto worked for?
Elizabeth Police Department reported 337 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Max Mejia Sorto individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1978. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 217585, 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 8604. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩