Police Officer Samuel Torres was terminated by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022, and the record also lists a suspension. The department reported that Torres used unnecessary force against a victim during a domestic violence dispute and was arrested for domestic violence assault by the West Orange Police Department. He was suspended on 06/08/2020 and remained suspended until his removal on 11/18/2020. The removal was upheld by the Office of Administrative Law on 7/14/22.
Police Officer Samuel Torres used unnecessary force against victim during a Domestic Violence dispute and was arrested for Domestic Violence assault by West Orange P.D. P.O. S. Torres was suspended on 06/08/2020 and remained suspended until his removal on 11/18/2020. *Upheld by Office of Administrative Law on 7/14/22.*
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Sustained charge(s): Assault, Conduct, Criminal Acts, Inability to Perform Duties, General Causes, Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, Other sufficient Cause.
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Samuel Torres's major discipline record?
Police Officer Samuel Torres was terminated by the Jersey City Police Department in 2022, and the record also lists a suspension. The department reported that Torres used unnecessary force against a victim during a domestic violence dispute and was arrested for domestic violence assault by the West Orange Police Department. He was suspended on 06/08/2020 and remained suspended until his removal on 11/18/2020. The removal was upheld by the Office of Administrative Law on 7/14/22.
What is Samuel Torres's major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department?
Samuel Torres has one major discipline record at Jersey City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Samuel Torres's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Samuel Torres's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2022.
How large is Jersey City Police Department, the department Samuel Torres worked for?
Jersey City Police Department reported 799 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Samuel Torres individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2206. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8343. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩