Captain Theresa Grillo was demoted 3 ranks and suspended for 60 days by the Lodi Police Department in 2022, and received a monetary fine. An internal affairs investigation opened in January 2021 found she repeatedly used a less-equipped side detail vehicle instead of a marked patrol unit, failed to report to duty, misused a department vehicle for personal business, and reported more hours than she worked on pay vouchers. Of 39 charges filed, 38 were sustained. No appeal was filed.
On January 5,2021 Internal Affairs investigation was opened against Capt. T. Grillo for (Failure to Follow a Lawful Order use only a fully equipped Marked Patrol Unit during regular tour of duty, officer repeatedly used less equipped side detail vehicle while on duty) verified by GPS and/or department security cameras. Investigation uncovered other department violations involving several counts of (Failure to report to duty, AWOL, leaving post for extended period of time) verified by GPS and/or department security cameras, Untruthfulness (reporting to desk officer to be a specific location and not responding there) verified by GPS and/or department security cameras, Misuse of Department Vehicle (using department vehicle to conduct personal business) verified by GPS and/or department security cameras, (making false oral and written statements regarding officers work vouchers, location and duty hours: officers are required to be truthful at all times) verified by department phone recordings, GPS and/or department security cameras and Falsification of Records (reporting on pay vouchers more hours than actually worked on post) verified by GPS. A total of 39 charges were filed against Capt Grillo. 38 were sustained by hearing officer. Capt Grillo was demoted 3 ranks, 60 day suspension and monetary fine. No appeal was filed.
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What is a summary of Theresa Grillo's major discipline record?
Captain Theresa Grillo was demoted 3 ranks and suspended for 60 days by the Lodi Police Department in 2022, and received a monetary fine. An internal affairs investigation opened in January 2021 found she repeatedly used a less-equipped side detail vehicle instead of a marked patrol unit, failed to report to duty, misused a department vehicle for personal business, and reported more hours than she worked on pay vouchers. Of 39 charges filed, 38 were sustained. No appeal was filed.
What is Theresa Grillo's major discipline record at Lodi Police Department?
Theresa Grillo has one major discipline record at Lodi Police Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Theresa Grillo's base salary on record?
Theresa Grillo's reported base salary is $173,399, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Theresa Grillo has 27 years of reported service.
How large is Lodi Police Department, the department Theresa Grillo worked for?
Lodi Police Department reported 57 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Theresa Grillo individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2056. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 235212, 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 8160. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩