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Steven Resendes

Newark Police Department · 2 records · 2022

Suspended 20 daysmost recent record, 2022 · as reported

Resendes has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, all from 2022. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Disobedience to Orders; Disobedience to Orders.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Steven Resendes was suspended for 10 days by the Newark Police Department in 2022 for disobedience of orders. Resendes was in a vehicle pursuit and failed to terminate it after being instructed to do so by his supervisor.

Rank as reported
PO (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Disobedience to Orders
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Resendes was suspended for 10 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience of orders. Officer Resendes was in a pursuit of a vehicle and failed to terminate the pursuit after being instructed to do so by his supervisor.

Major discipline · 2022[2]

Suspended 20 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Steven Resendes was suspended for 20 days by the Newark Police Department in 2022 for disobedience to orders. Resendes engaged in a vehicle pursuit involving a vehicle wanted only for motor vehicle violations, in violation of the vehicle pursuit policy.

Rank as reported
PO (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Disobedience to Orders
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Resendes was suspended for 20 days for violation of Department rules and regulations; disobedience to orders. Officer Resendes was engaged in a vehicle pursuit involving a vehicle wanted for only motor vehicle violations, in violation of the vehicle pursuit policy.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Terrence Best · Newark Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 53 days

    Sustained charge(s): Disobedience of orders

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Elvis Lugardo · Newark Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Leaving assigned post

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Frank Rodriguez · Newark Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Excessive force, Disobedience to Orders

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Glen Green · Newark Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Disobedience to Orders

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Luis Mendosa · Newark Police Department · 2022

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty, Failure to Report a Crime, Official Efficiency/ Incompetency, Police Image, and Bound by Duty

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Newark Police Department

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

All 74 at the Newark Police Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[3]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$124,102
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
10 years

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 Resendes's major discipline record?

Resendes has 2 sustained major discipline records from Newark PD, all from 2022. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Disobedience to Orders; Disobedience to Orders.

What is Steven Resendes's major discipline record at Newark Police Department?

Steven Resendes has 2 major discipline records at Newark Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Steven Resendes's base salary on record?

Steven Resendes's reported base salary is $124,102, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Steven Resendes has 10 years of reported service.

How large is Newark Police Department, the department Steven Resendes worked for?

Newark Police Department reported 1,119 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 Resendes individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2172. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2175. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 218737, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.
  4. [4]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8643. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/.