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Woodbridge Township Police Department · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 15 days2023 · as reported
Woodbridge Twp PD reported that on January 23, 2023, Officer Robert Vanco was responsible for a motor vehicle crash that caused substantial damage to a utility pole and the two vehicles involved. The crash also resulted in injury to the driver of the other car and to the officer. Vanco was suspended for 15 days without pay. The sustained charge was Operation of Motor Vehicles.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 15 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
On January 23rd, 2023 Officer Vanco was responsible for a motor vehicle crash that caused substantial damage to a utility pole and the two vehicles involved. It also resulted in injury to the driver of the other car and the officer. He was suspended for 15 days, unpaid.
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Mario Aochoa · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 5 daysSustained charge(s): Sick time reporting
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Zachary Manente · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jacob Manente · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2023
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Petyo · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2025
Suspended 60 daysSustained charge(s): 11:1 Standard of Conduct; 11:7 Neglect of Duty; 11:11 Obedience to Laws and Regulations; 11:33 Absence from Duty
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Hector Rivera · Woodbridge Township Police Department · 2025
Suspended 5 daysSustained charge(s): SOP 130.2.2(g) Chokeholds and Neck Restraints
same agency · similar sanction outcome
12 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, "Robert Vanco, Woodbridge Township Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/robert-vanco-woodbridge-twp-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Woodbridge Twp PD reported that on January 23, 2023, Officer Robert Vanco was responsible for a motor vehicle crash that caused substantial damage to a utility pole and the two vehicles involved. The crash also resulted in injury to the driver of the other car and to the officer. Vanco was suspended for 15 days without pay. The sustained charge was Operation of Motor Vehicles.
Robert Vanco has one major discipline record at Woodbridge Township Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Robert Vanco's reported base salary is $129,247, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Robert Vanco has 7 years, 2 months of reported service.
Woodbridge Township Police Department reported 222 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 Vanco individually.