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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).

AnalysisThis site treats radio encryption as a meaningful transparency signal. When a department closes its radio traffic to the public, the public loses a real-time window into how it operates. That is context for reading the discipline and internal affairs records on this page, not a figure drawn from them.

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

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

Internal affairs investigations reported by Ocean County Corrections, by year
Category	counts
2021	34
2022	47
2023	39
2024	31
2025	37

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Incidents

37 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Ocean County Corrections, by year
Year	counts
2021	34
2022	47
2023	39
2024	31
2025	37

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Officers on IA rows

32 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Ocean County Corrections, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	30
2025	32

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Analysis

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

Share of internal affairs investigations sustained by Ocean County Corrections, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	76.596
2023	71.795
2024	96.774
2025	78.378

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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 32 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Ocean County Corrections, 2025
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

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Attendance Issues · Insubordination/Disobeying An Order · Neglect of Duty · Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency · Assault · Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) · DUI/DWI Off Duty

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Ocean County Corrections, 2025
Sustained	29
not provided	6
Not Sustained	1
Administratively Closed	1

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Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

AnalysisRanked and folded by this site. The counts inside each panel are as reported.

Other Departmental Rule Violation

118 of 188

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Ocean County Corrections, by year
Year	counts
2021	34
2022	15
2023	26
2024	21
2025	22

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Attendance Issues

45 of 188

Attendance Issues allegations reported by Ocean County Corrections, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	20
2023	11
2024	8
2025	6

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Insubordination/Disobeying An Order

8 of 188

Insubordination/Disobeying An Order allegations reported by Ocean County Corrections, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	5
2023	0
2024	0
2025	3

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Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency

5 of 188

Conduct Unbecoming/Discredit To The Agency allegations reported by Ocean County Corrections, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	2
2023	1
2024	1
2025	1

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Other (8 categories)

12 of 188

Other (8 categories) allegations reported by Ocean County Corrections, by year
Year	counts
2021	0
2022	5
2023	1
2024	1
2025	5

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Against peers, 2025

How this grade was built →

Internal affairs investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers, 2025 (investigations per 100 IA-investigated officers)
Ocean County Corrections	154.2
County median, corrections (1)	154.2
NJ median, corrections (13)	125.0

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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)

Discipline severity: Corrections, all corrections agencies
Range	Agencies
0–1000	13
1000–2000	0
2000–3000	1

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Ocean County Corrections: 44.776 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 18th 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%

82nd percentileof 15 peers

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%

18th percentileof 15 peers

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%

4th percentileof 15 peers

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.

Where this agency ranks

AnalysisRankings compare agencies of the same type only, on figures as reported. A high rank is reported volume, not a verdict.^[15] How each metric is defined.

This agency's rank on each metric, among agencies of the same type
Metric	Value	Rank
IA per 100 investigated officers2025	154.2	3rd of 13 corrections
IA investigations2025	37	7th of 13 corrections
IA incidents2025	37	6th of 13 corrections
Major discipline2020-2025	6	12th of 14 corrections

Major discipline records

0 major discipline records in 2025, holding roughly steady.
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.

Major discipline records reported by Ocean County Corrections, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2023	Joseph Boyle	Recruit	Separated while IA pending	^[16]
2023	Marc Pierre	Recruit	Separated while IA pending	^[17]
2022	Samuel Doherty	Officer	Suspended 90 days	^[18]
2022	Kevin Sheehy	Officer	Suspended 45 days	^[19]
2021	Lucian Woods	Corrections Officer	Suspended 15 days	^[20]
2021	Gonzalez Joseph	Corrections Officer	Suspended 30 days	^[21]

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.

Where to go next

Ocean County
Every reporting agency in the same county, with the same figures side by side.
Rankings
Highest standing: 3rd of 13 corrections, ia per 100 investigated officers
All report cards
This agency: grade B against peers of its type and size
Statewide totals
The same measures summed across all reporting agencies in New Jersey.
Staffing census
FBI-reported sworn and civilian headcounts, and how they are matched.
Download the data
The machine-readable files behind every figure on this page.

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 Internal Affairs Officers, 2024-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Officer counts summed across every Ocean Co Corrections row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[3]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.
[4]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 392. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[5]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1412. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[6]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1918. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[7]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 893. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[8]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2429. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[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 Ocean 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 Ocean Co Corrections row for 2021. ↩
[11]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 Ocean Co Corrections row for 2022. ↩
[12]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 Ocean Co Corrections row for 2023. ↩
[13]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 2024. ↩
[14]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. ↩
[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. ↩
[16]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. ↩
[17]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. ↩
[18]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. ↩
[19]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. ↩
[20]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. ↩
[21]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. ↩