On January 30, 2021, Sergeant Gomez was arrested in Oakland by the Oakland Police Department for driving under the influence and refusal to submit to a breath test after officers observed him operating a vehicle with visible damage. Gomez pleaded guilty to refusal to submit to a breath test. The Paterson Police Department reported that he was suspended for 10 days and served the suspension in December 2023.
On January 30, 2021, Paterson Police Department Detective Sebastian Gomez was arrested in Oakland by the Oakland Police Department for Driving Under the Influence and Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test after Oakland Police initially observed him operating a vehicle with visible damage. Det. Gomez pleaded guilty to Refusal to Submit to a Breath Test. He served his suspension in December of 2023.
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What is a summary of Sebastian Gomez's major discipline record?
On January 30, 2021, Sergeant Gomez was arrested in Oakland by the Oakland Police Department for driving under the influence and refusal to submit to a breath test after officers observed him operating a vehicle with visible damage. Gomez pleaded guilty to refusal to submit to a breath test. The Paterson Police Department reported that he was suspended for 10 days and served the suspension in December 2023.
What is Sebastian Gomez's major discipline record at Paterson Police Department?
Sebastian Gomez has one major discipline record at Paterson Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Sebastian Gomez's base salary on record?
Sebastian Gomez's reported base salary is $140,579, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Sebastian Gomez has 13 years, 1 month of reported service.
How large is Paterson Police Department, the department Sebastian Gomez worked for?
Paterson Police Department reported 412 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Sebastian Gomez individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1858. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 225916, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8546. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩