Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Trenton Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Suspended 30 days2024 · as reported
Officer Paul Santos was suspended for 30 days by the Trenton Police Department in 2024. Santos was ordered to work mandatory overtime and acknowledged receipt of the order, then refused to work the overtime shift. The sustained charge was Insubordination.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 30 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Police Officer Paul Santos was insubordinate when he was ordered to work mandatory overtime and acknowledged receipt of the order and then refused to work the overtime shift.
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Rose Addar · Trenton Police Department · 2024
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Charles Lamin · Trenton Police Department · 2024
Suspended 30 daysSustained charge(s): Inefficiency or Incompetency of Supervisors and Superior Officers
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Mark Kieffer III · Trenton Police Department · 2024
Suspended 120 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming of a Public Employee
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Melvin Hamilton II · Trenton Police Department · 2024
Suspended 5 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming of a Public Employee
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Kenneth Lugo · Trenton Police Department · 2024
Suspended 25 daysSustained charge(s): Insubordination
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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Police Transparency NJ, "Paul Santos, Trenton Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/paul-santos-trenton-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Officer Paul Santos was suspended for 30 days by the Trenton Police Department in 2024. Santos was ordered to work mandatory overtime and acknowledged receipt of the order, then refused to work the overtime shift. The sustained charge was Insubordination.
Paul Santos has one major discipline record at Trenton Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. 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 Paul Santos individually.