Recruit Robert Maldonado's employment was terminated by the Hamilton Township Police Department while he was attending the police academy in 2024. According to the agency, Maldonado violated academy rules and regulations on several occasions by failing to follow directions or orders from instructors. The record states that he questioned authority, ignored direction, and repeatedly gave his opinions on what should be done. No sustained charges were reported.
Recruit Officer Robert Maldonado's employment was terminated while he was attending the police academy due to multiple issues of insubordinate conduct while attending the academy. Recruit Maldonado, on several occasions, violated Academy Rules and Regulations by failing to follow directions or orders given by academy instructors. Recruit Maldonado questioned authority, ignored direction and repeatedly gave his opinions on what should be done.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Robert Maldonado's major discipline record?
Recruit Robert Maldonado's employment was terminated by the Hamilton Township Police Department while he was attending the police academy in 2024. According to the agency, Maldonado violated academy rules and regulations on several occasions by failing to follow directions or orders from instructors. The record states that he questioned authority, ignored direction, and repeatedly gave his opinions on what should be done. No sustained charges were reported.
What is Robert Maldonado's major discipline record at Hamilton Township Police Department?
Robert Maldonado has one major discipline record at Hamilton Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Robert Maldonado's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Robert Maldonado's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Hamilton Township Police Department, the department Robert Maldonado worked for?
Hamilton Township Police Department reported 53 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Robert Maldonado individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 858. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8117. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩