Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Samantha Soto received a 120-day suspension from the Trenton Police Department in 2024. Soto failed to safely proceed through an intersection against a red light while responding to a call for service, resulting in a collision with a civilian vehicle. The sustained charge was Incompetency, Inefficiency, or Failure to Perform Duties.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Police Officer Samantha Soto failed to safely proceed through an intersection against a red light while responded to a call for service, resulting in a collision with a civilian vehicle.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Samantha Soto received a 90-day suspension from the Trenton Police Department in 2021. Soto acted in a manner unbecoming a public employee after her marked police vehicle was stolen. The sustained charge was Conduct Unbecoming.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Soto acted in a manner unbecoming a public employee after her marked police vehicle was stolen.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1163. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2606. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩