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Union City Police Department · 1 record · 2020
Suspended 8 days2020 · as reported
Lieutenant Sergio Derojas of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 8 days. According to the record, Derojas used passcodes that did not belong to him to modify a police incident report. The agency did not report specific sustained charges.
Major discipline · 2020[1]
Suspended 8 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Lieutenant DeRojas utilized passcodes not belonging to him to modify a police incident report.
Background: What a suspension actually means in New Jersey police discipline.
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Mauricio Garces · Union City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): DUI / Intoxication off-duty, not in uniform and arrested / Conduct unbecoming a public employee
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Patricia Lazzarini · Union City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations
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Patricia Lazzarini · Union City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Repeated Violations of Rules and Regulations
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Carlos Pina · Union City Police Department · 2025
Suspended 35 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming, Knowingly and willfully making a false entry in any department report or record
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16 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, "Sergio Derojas, Union City Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/sergio-derojas-union-city-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Lieutenant Sergio Derojas of the Union City Police Department was suspended for 8 days. According to the record, Derojas used passcodes that did not belong to him to modify a police incident report. The agency did not report specific sustained charges.
Sergio Derojas has one major discipline record at Union City Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Sergio Derojas's reported monthly pension allowance is $11,303.11, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Sergio Derojas has 29 years, 7 months of reported service.
Union City Police Department reported 156 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Sergio Derojas individually.