Department profile · Morris County
Morris County Corrections
Reported as: Morris Co CorrectionsCorrections
Jurisdiction context
Civil service jurisdiction
Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Morris County on the New Jersey Civil Service Commission roster.
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Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.
In brief
Morris County Corrections reported 40 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 29 officers named in those cases. Its rate of 137.9 per 100 officers matched the Morris County median of 137.9 and ran above the 125 median for corrections agencies, a difference that can mean more misconduct or a more complete complaint record. Three of the 40 investigations detailed for 2025 reported sustained complaints. Excessive Force was the leading allegation category with 14 cases, ahead of Other Departmental Rule Violation and Demeanor. Allegations are not findings.
The 2020-2025 releases carry 11 major discipline records, from 2020, 2022 and 2025, including six terminations. Morris County Corrections received a C on the report card, at the 54th percentile among 15 peers in the group of all corrections agencies, a high-confidence grade.
Written by this site strictly from the figures on this page; every number is cited below.
Officers named in IA cases, 2025
29[1]
Distinct officers in that year's IA investigations, not total staffing
IA investigations, 2025
40[1]
Incidents, 2025
21[1]
Major discipline records
11
All years, 2020-2025
Staffing
Staffing data not available. The FBI's national staffing census (LEE) does not separately track county corrections facilities, sheriff's offices, or other county agencies in New Jersey -- only a single statewide Department of Corrections figure exists in that data. See the methodology for what FBI staffing data does and does not cover.
Military surplus equipment (1033 program)
No 1033 transfers recorded. No surplus-equipment transfers appear for this agency under a high-confidence name match in the Defense Logistics Agency's file as of 2026-06-30. That can mean the agency received nothing through the program, or that a recipient name in the federal file did not confidently match this department. See the methodology for how the match is made, or the statewide 1033 overview for how the program spreads across New Jersey.
Internal affairs investigations by year
counts
| Category | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 |
| 2022 | 63 |
| 2023 | 35 |
| 2024 | 48 |
| 2025 | 40 |
Incidents
21 in 2025
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 |
| 2022 | 35 |
| 2023 | 25 |
| 2024 | 24 |
| 2025 | 21 |
Officers on IA rows
37 in 2025
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | not reported |
| 2022 | not reported |
| 2023 | not reported |
| 2024 | 45 |
| 2025 | 37 |
Computed by this site from the two figures the agency reports each year. Not a misconduct rate: it describes how an agency resolved what it investigated.
share of total · 5 reported years
| Year | share of total |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1.587 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 7.5 |
Statewide, 19.5 percent of investigations reported a sustained complaint in 2025. How dispositions break down statewide.
Complaint mix, 2025
Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Officer-level rows list 37 officers involved.
Most serious allegation
| not provided | 15 |
|---|---|
| Excessive Force | 14 |
| Other Departmental Rule Violation | 6 |
| Demeanor | 4 |
| Improper Search | 1 |
Statewide category pages: Excessive Force · Other Departmental Rule Violation · Demeanor · Improper Search
Internal disposition
| not provided | 26 |
|---|---|
| Not Sustained | 7 |
| Sustained | 3 |
| Administratively Closed | 2 |
| Unfounded | 2 |
Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025
Excessive Force
94 of 219
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 43 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 14 |
not provided
55 of 219
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2024 | 25 |
| 2025 | 15 |
Other Departmental Rule Violation
40 of 219
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 |
Demeanor
26 of 219
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 |
Other (4 categories)
4 of 219
| Year | counts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 |
Against peers, 2025
How this grade was built →| Morris County Corrections | 137.9 |
|---|---|
| County median, corrections (1) | 137.9 |
| NJ median, corrections (13) | 125.0 |
Investigations per 100 officers named in that year's IA investigations (the Attorney General's own "Number of Officers" field, a distinct-officer count drawn from the IA case data itself, not a department headcount). A higher number is ambiguous on its own: it can reflect more misconduct, or a stronger internal reporting culture. Medians are computed within the same agency type only.
Report card
Grade C: Middle fifth of peers
On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology
- Combined standing
- 54th percentile of 15 peers
- Confidence
- High confidence
Where this agency falls among its peers
The actual spread of discipline severity across Morris County Corrections's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.
Peer group: Corrections, all corrections agencies (n=14)
| Range | Agencies |
|---|---|
| 0–1000 | 13 |
| 1000–2000 | 0 |
| 2000–3000 | 1 |
Morris County Corrections: 98.837 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 25th percentile among Corrections, all corrections agencies (n=14).
How the grade is built
Three components, each a percentile within the peer group. The combined standing is their weighted mean, re-ranked among peers; the grade is the fifth of the peer group it lands in.
IA volumeweight 40%
130.8 investigations per 100 officers (multi-year mean)
Internal affairs investigations per 100 reported officers, averaged over the years where the agency reported both figures.
Discipline severityweight 40%
98.8 severity-weighted discipline per 100 officers, 2020-2025
Major discipline records weighted by sanction (termination 4, demotion 3, suspension 2, other 1) per 100 officers.
Allegation severityweight 20%
2.92 mean severity tier (1 low - 4 critical)
Mean severity tier of IA allegations across 2021-2025, using the published tier map; unknown values excluded.
What this grade can and can't tell you
- The underlying data is self-reported by agencies, one yearly snapshot at a time.
- Allegations are not findings; many complaints end unfounded, exonerated, or not sustained.
- There is no arrest or call-volume denominator in this data, so nothing here is a per-capita misconduct rate. A genuinely independent staffing-based rate, sourced from the FBI rather than this grade's own data, appears above when available. It is a different measurement, not a more accurate version of the grade.
- A higher internal affairs volume is ambiguous: it can indicate more misconduct, or a more robust oversight and reporting culture. The grade weighs it anyway, because volume is what the record offers; that choice is published, not hidden.
- The grade is one lens. The records it reads are on this page above.
Where this agency ranks
| Metric | Value | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| IA per 100 investigated officers2025 | 137.9 | 5th of 13 corrections |
| IA investigations2025 | 40 | 6th of 13 corrections |
| IA incidents2025 | 21 | 7th of 13 corrections |
| Major discipline2020-2025 | 11 | 10th of 14 corrections |
| Terminations2020-2025 | 6 | 4th of 12 corrections |
Major discipline records
| Year | major discipline records |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 |
1 major discipline records in 2025, down from 4 in 2020 (-75%).
Every name links to the officer's record page with the agency's full synopsis and citation.
Public records requests
No records-request history is shown for this department. OPRAmachine, an independent site that files and publishes Open Public Records Act requests, has no public body that confidently matches this department, so this site does not assert one. That does not mean nobody has requested records from it. (Checked against a snapshot of OPRAmachine taken 12 July 2026.) See the methodology for how the match is made.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Morris County Corrections's internal affairs and discipline record?
Morris County Corrections reported 40 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 29 officers named in those cases. Its rate of 137.9 per 100 officers matched the Morris County median of 137.9 and ran above the 125 median for corrections agencies, a difference that can mean more misconduct or a more complete complaint record. Three of the 40 investigations detailed for 2025 reported sustained complaints. Excessive Force was the leading allegation category with 14 cases, ahead of Other Departmental Rule Violation and Demeanor. Allegations are not findings. The 2020-2025 releases carry 11 major discipline records, from 2020, 2022 and 2025, including six terminations. Morris County Corrections received a C on the report card, at the 54th percentile among 15 peers in the group of all corrections agencies, a high-confidence grade.
How many internal affairs investigations did Morris County Corrections report in 2025?
Morris County Corrections reported 40 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 29 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.
How many major discipline records does Morris County Corrections have?
Morris County Corrections has 11 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 6 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Sources
- [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2393. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [2]New Jersey Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Morris Co Corrections row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
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- [9]New Jersey Internal Affairs Investigations, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. Aggregated from every Morris Co Corrections row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
- [10]New Jersey Internal Affairs Data Download, 2021-2023. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. Aggregated from every Morris Co Corrections row for 2021. ↩
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- [15]Ranks computed by this site over the Attorney General internal affairs agency totals and major discipline releases, within agency type. Each ranking page lists every agency and its source rows. ↩
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