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Patricia Lazzarini

Union City Police Department · 2 records · 2025

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 180 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

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.

Rank as reported
SERGEANT (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • a public employee
  • Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Major discipline · 2025[2]

Suspended 180 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

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.

Rank as reported
SERGEANT (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • a public employee
  • Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

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.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Mauricio Garces · Union City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 180 days

    Sustained charge(s): DUI / Intoxication off-duty, not in uniform and arrested / Conduct unbecoming a public employee

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Carlos Pina · Union City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 35 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming, Knowingly and willfully making a false entry in any department report or record

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Ruben Rodriguez · Union City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 123 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • David Tafur · Union City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Knowingly and willfully making a false entry in any department report or record

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • David Tafur · Union City Police Department · 2025

    Suspended 8 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Knowingly and willfully making a false entry in any department report or record

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Union City Police Department

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

All 16 at the Union City Police Department page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

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. [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. [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. [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/.