Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Trenton Police Department · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 51 days2023 · as reported
Captain Nelson Cartagena received a 51-day suspension from the Trenton Police Department in 2023. During calendar year 2021 and 2022, Cartagena cancelled time from the Police Officer Scheduling System, resulting in misuse of accrued time. The sustained charge was Conduct Unbecoming a public employee.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 51 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
During calendar year 2021 and 2022 Captain Nelson Cartagena cancelled time from the Police Officer Scheduling System resulting in misuse of accrued time.
Darren Zappley · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 95 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a public employee
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Gabriela Rodriguez · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 60 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a public employee
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Vincent Mistretta · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a public employee
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Richard Reyes · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Melvin Hamilton · Trenton Police Department · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
39 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Captain Nelson Cartagena received a 51-day suspension from the Trenton Police Department in 2023. During calendar year 2021 and 2022, Cartagena cancelled time from the Police Officer Scheduling System, resulting in misuse of accrued time. The sustained charge was Conduct Unbecoming a public employee.
Nelson Cartagena has one major discipline record at Trenton Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Trenton Police Department reported 239 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Nelson Cartagena individually.