Roselle PD reported that Officer Ortiz refused to report for a mandated patrol overtime shift, failing to follow an order from a supervisor. He also provided false information when he said he was too far from home to report, when he was in fact at his residence within Roselle at the time. Ortiz received a 28 day suspension.
Knowingly Making False Entry into Department Record
Refusal to Obey Order from a Supervisor
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Ortiz failed to follow an order from a supervisor when he refused to report for a mandated patrol overtime shift. In addition, he provided false information to the supervisor when he indicated he was too far from home to report for the shift, when in fact he was at his residence within Roselle at the time of the conversation. He was given a 28 day suspension as a result of the incident.
Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming, Loyalty to the Department, Obedience to Laws, Failure to Satisfy Debts, Involved in a Crime of Moral Turpitude,…
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Cite this page
Police Transparency NJ, "Steven Ortiz, Roselle Police Department," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/steven-ortiz-roselle-pd/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Steven Ortiz's major discipline record?
Roselle PD reported that Officer Ortiz refused to report for a mandated patrol overtime shift, failing to follow an order from a supervisor. He also provided false information when he said he was too far from home to report, when he was in fact at his residence within Roselle at the time. Ortiz received a 28 day suspension.
What is Steven Ortiz's major discipline record at Roselle Police Department?
Steven Ortiz has one major discipline record at Roselle Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Steven Ortiz's base salary on record?
Steven Ortiz's reported base salary is $94,280, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Steven Ortiz has 5 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Roselle Police Department, the department Steven Ortiz worked for?
Roselle Police Department reported 62 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Steven Ortiz individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1450. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 220217, 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 8614. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩