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Newark Police Department · 1 record · 2024
Suspended 16 days2024 · as reported
While off duty, Officer Castaneda was apprehended for driving under the influence, registering a blood alcohol content of 0.12%. Newark PD sustained charges of behavior, misconduct, violation of criminal law and off duty alcohol use. Castaneda received a 16-day suspension in 2024.
Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 16 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Castaneda was apprehended for Driving under the influence while off duty, registering a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.12%.
Daniel Caro · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Official Inefficiency or Incompetence
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Christian Llumpo · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Violation of Criminal Law, Alcohol-Related Offenses, and Unacceptable Behavior
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David Loza · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 8 daysSustained charge(s): Criminal Law
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Jose Ocasio Jr · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Absent without leave, Acts or Omissions, Prompts Report of sickness or Injury and Obedience to Orders
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David Paige · Newark Police Department · 2024
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Excessive Force, Disobedience of Orders
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74 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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While off duty, Officer Castaneda was apprehended for driving under the influence, registering a blood alcohol content of 0.12%. Newark PD sustained charges of behavior, misconduct, violation of criminal law and off duty alcohol use. Castaneda received a 16-day suspension in 2024.
Quelvi Castaneda has one major discipline record at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Quelvi Castaneda's reported base salary is $92,890, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Quelvi Castaneda has 6 years, 10 months of reported service.
Newark Police Department reported 1,119 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Quelvi Castaneda individually.