Department profile · Ocean County
Ocean County Corrections
Reported as: Ocean Co CorrectionsCorrections
Jurisdiction context
Civil service jurisdiction
Discipline at this department is governed by the Title 4A civil service framework, matched to Ocean County on the New Jersey Civil Service Commission roster.
Read how the process works or the Title 4A glossary. Browse NJCSNavigator’s civil service jurisdiction directory for the full local-jurisdiction roster.
Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.
Radio encryption
Ocean County Corrections encrypts its radio communications (P25 AES-256, all operations), according to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, as of 2026-03-06 (unverified).
In brief
Ocean County Corrections, a corrections agency, reported 37 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 24 officers named in those cases. Its rate of 154.2 per 100 officers matched the Ocean County median of 154.2 and ran above the 125 median for corrections agencies, a gap that can reflect more misconduct or a fuller internal record. Of the 37 investigations detailed for 2025, 29 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led with 22 cases, ahead of Attendance Issues at 6 and Insubordination/Disobeying An Order at 3.
Six major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2022 and 2023, none of them terminations. Ocean County Corrections received a B on the report card, at the 29th percentile among 15 peers in the all corrections agencies band, 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
24[1]
Distinct officers in that year's IA investigations, not total staffing
IA investigations, 2025
37[1]
Incidents, 2025
37[1]
Major discipline records
6
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
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 47 | 39 | 31 | 37 |
Complaint mix, 2025
Most serious allegation per investigation, as categorized by the reporting agency. Officer-level rows list 32 officers involved.
Most serious allegation
| Other Departmental Rule Violation | 22 |
|---|---|
| Attendance Issues | 6 |
| Insubordination/Disobeying An Order | 3 |
| Neglect of Duty | 2 |
| Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency | 1 |
| Assault | 1 |
| Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) | 1 |
| DUI/DWI Off Duty | 1 |
Internal disposition
| Sustained | 29 |
|---|---|
| not provided | 6 |
| Not Sustained | 1 |
| Administratively Closed | 1 |
Against peers, 2025
How this grade was built →| Ocean County Corrections | 154.2 |
|---|---|
| County median, corrections (1) | 154.2 |
| 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 B: Second-lowest fifth
On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology
- Combined standing
- 29th percentile of 15 peers
- Confidence
- High confidence
Where this agency falls among its peers
The actual spread of discipline severity across Ocean 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)
Ocean County Corrections: 44.776 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 18th percentile among Corrections, all corrections agencies (n=14).
| Range | Agencies |
|---|---|
| 0–1000 | 13 |
| 1000–2000 | 0 |
| 2000–3000 | 1 |
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%
142.3 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%
44.8 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%
1.21 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.
Major discipline records
| Year | major discipline records |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 |
0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.
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 Ocean County Corrections's internal affairs and discipline record?
Ocean County Corrections, a corrections agency, reported 37 internal affairs investigations in 2025 and 24 officers named in those cases. Its rate of 154.2 per 100 officers matched the Ocean County median of 154.2 and ran above the 125 median for corrections agencies, a gap that can reflect more misconduct or a fuller internal record. Of the 37 investigations detailed for 2025, 29 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation led with 22 cases, ahead of Attendance Issues at 6 and Insubordination/Disobeying An Order at 3. Six major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2022 and 2023, none of them terminations. Ocean County Corrections received a B on the report card, at the 29th percentile among 15 peers in the all corrections agencies band, a high-confidence grade.
How many internal affairs investigations did Ocean County Corrections report in 2025?
Ocean County Corrections reported 37 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 24 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.
How many major discipline records does Ocean County Corrections have?
Ocean County Corrections has 6 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 0 were terminations. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Ocean County Corrections encrypt its radio communications?
According to PoliceRadioEncryption.com, Ocean County Corrections encrypts all of its radio communications (P25 AES-256), as recorded on 2026-03-06. This site treats radio encryption as a transparency signal, which is analysis, not a figure from the discipline data.
Sources
- [1]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2429. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [2]New Jersey county boundaries. New Jersey Office of Information Technology, Office of GIS (NJOGIS). NJ_Counties_3857 (FeatureServer layer 0), https://services2.arcgis.com/XVOqAjTOJ5P6ngMu/arcgis/rest/services/NJ_Counties_3857/FeatureServer/0. 2020 boundary delineation. Retrieved 2026-07-27. Boundaries are generalized for display. This data set is not a survey document and must not be used as such. The polygons do not represent legal boundaries.
- [3]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 392. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [4]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1412. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1918. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [6]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 893. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [7]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2429. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
- [8]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 Ocean Co Corrections row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
- [9]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1842. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
- [10]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1843. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
- [11]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2277. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
- [12]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2278. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
- [13]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2644. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
- [14]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2645. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩