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Miguel Perez

Lodi Police Department · 1 record · 2025

The Lodi Police Department suspended Officer Miguel Perez for 30 days in 2025. According to the department, Perez was on patrol on Route 46 and passed a disabled vehicle without stopping to render aid, activating emergency lights or sirens, or promptly notifying dispatch of the vehicle or its location. Seconds later, the disabled vehicle was struck by another car, causing serious injuries to occupants of both vehicles. The sustained charges were failure to perform duties, neglect of duty, and other sufficient cause.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 30 days
Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Failure to Perform Duties
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Perez was on patrol on Rt 46 and passed a disabled vehicle without stopping to render aid, activating emergency lights/sirens or promptly notifying dispatch of the vehicle or its location. Seconds later, the disabled vehicle was struck by another car resulting in serious injuries to occupants of both vehicles.

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Other officers at Lodi Police Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$145,227
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
21 years, 6 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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Miguel Perez's major discipline record?

The Lodi Police Department suspended Officer Miguel Perez for 30 days in 2025. According to the department, Perez was on patrol on Route 46 and passed a disabled vehicle without stopping to render aid, activating emergency lights or sirens, or promptly notifying dispatch of the vehicle or its location. Seconds later, the disabled vehicle was struck by another car, causing serious injuries to occupants of both vehicles. The sustained charges were failure to perform duties, neglect of duty, and other sufficient cause.

What is Miguel Perez's major discipline record at Lodi Police Department?

Miguel Perez has one major discipline record at Lodi Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Miguel Perez's base salary on record?

Miguel Perez's reported base salary is $145,227, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Miguel Perez has 21 years, 6 months of reported service.

How large is Lodi Police Department, the department Miguel Perez worked for?

Lodi Police Department reported 57 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Miguel Perez individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 78. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 235229, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8160. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩