Suspended 5 daysSeparated while IA pending2023 · as reported
After completing a Fitness for Duty Exam in September 2021, Detective Supervisor Ramon Lopez returned to work in a modified duty capacity in October 2021 with a requirement to abstain from alcohol while employed. Lopez violated that requirement. The Morris County Prosecutors Office sustained a charge that he violated the fitness for duty requirements, and in lieu of termination he resigned on July 31, 2023 under a settlement agreement. He was suspended for 5 days and separated while the internal affairs matter was pending.
In September of 2021, Detective Lopez completed a Fitness for Duty Exam. In October of 2021, Detective Lopez returned to work in a modified duty capacity, with a requirement to abstain from alcohol consumption while employed with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. Detective Lopez violated the Fitness for Duty requirement. In lieu of termination, on July 31, 2023, Detective Lopez resigned from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office as per a settlement agreement.
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Dwayne Watkins · Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office · 2023
Suspended 30 daysSeparated while IA pending
Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty: Rules and Regulations 1:4.11; 3:2.12
same year · similar sanction outcome
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Ramon Lopez's major discipline record?
After completing a Fitness for Duty Exam in September 2021, Detective Supervisor Ramon Lopez returned to work in a modified duty capacity in October 2021 with a requirement to abstain from alcohol while employed. Lopez violated that requirement. The Morris County Prosecutors Office sustained a charge that he violated the fitness for duty requirements, and in lieu of termination he resigned on July 31, 2023 under a settlement agreement. He was suspended for 5 days and separated while the internal affairs matter was pending.
What is Ramon Lopez's major discipline record at Morris County Prosecutor's Office?
Ramon Lopez has one major discipline record at Morris County Prosecutor's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Morris County Prosecutor's Office, the department Ramon Lopez worked for?
Morris County Prosecutor's Office reported 64 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Ramon Lopez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1827. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8504. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩