Suspended 180 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Lazzarini has 2 sustained major discipline records from Union City PD, all from 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations; Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations.
Sergeant Patricia Lazzarini of the Union City Police Department received a 180-day suspension for conduct unbecoming a public employee and repeated violations of rules and regulations. On June 2, 2024, while on indefinite unpaid suspension since 2021, Lazzarini was involved in an altercation at a nightclub in Asbury Park and was determined to be one of the aggressors. Although required to surrender her credentials, she identified herself as a sergeant and displayed a police ID card to the officer on scene. The suspension was settled on December 16, 2025.
On June 2, 2024 and while on indefinite un-paid suspension since 2021, Sgt. Lazzarini was involved in an altercation at a nightclub in Asbury Park, N.J. and determined to be one of the aggressors. Having been required to surrender her credentials, Sgt. Lazzarini identified herself as a sergeant and displayed a Police ID card to the officer on scene. Sgt. Lazzarini subsequently settled on a 180-Day suspension on December 16, 2025.
A second record for Sergeant Patricia Lazzarini of the Union City Police Department documents a 180-day suspension tied to a January 30, 2021 arrest by the Branchburg Police Department. Lazzarini received summonses for DWI, refusal to submit to a breath test and failure to maintain lane. On February 13, 2023, she was found guilty of operating under the influence of liquor or drugs and traffic on marked lanes. The suspension was settled on December 16, 2025.
On January 30, 2021, Sgt. Lazzarini was arrested by the Branchburg Police Department and subsequently received summonses for DWI, Refusal to submit to breath test and failure to maintain lane. On 02/13/2023, Sgt. Lazzarini was found guilty of Operating Under the Influence of Liquor or Drugs and Traffic on Marked Lanes. Sgt. Lazzarini subsequently settled on a 180-Day suspension on December 16, 2025.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Patricia Lazzarini's major discipline record?
Lazzarini has 2 sustained major discipline records from Union City PD, all from 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations; Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations.
What is Patricia Lazzarini's major discipline record at Union City Police Department?
Patricia Lazzarini has 2 major discipline records at Union City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Union City Police Department, the department Patricia Lazzarini worked for?
Union City Police Department reported 156 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Patricia Lazzarini individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 404. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 405. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8347. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩