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Steven Ortiz

Roselle Police Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 28 days2024 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 28 days
Rank as reported
Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Loyalty to the Department
  • Performance of Duty
  • Odedience to Regulations
  • 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.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Herve Vilaire · Roselle Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 15 days

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    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Frank Gauthier · Roselle Police Department · 2021

    Suspended 45 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty

    same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Ulises Infante · Roselle Police Department · 2024

    Separated while IA pending

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming, Loyalty to the Department, Obedience to Laws, Failure to Satisfy Debts, Involved in a Crime of Moral Turpitude,…

    same agency · same year · similar charge category

  • Sebastian Flores · Atlantic County Corrections · 2024

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of duty

    same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Everett Bell · Bergen County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Suspended 90 days

    Sustained charge(s): 4A:2-2.3(a) 1 – Incompetency, Inefficiency or Failure to Perform Duties N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) 6 - Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee…

    same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Roselle Police Department

6 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$94,280
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
5 years, 2 months

How to read this

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 (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

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. [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. [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. [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/. ↩