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Youth Justice Commission

Reported as: Youth Justice CommissionState agency

Jurisdiction context

Civil service status not verified

We could not match this agency to the NJCSC roster with confidence. Whether the Title 4A framework applies here is not asserted either way.

See the context on non-civil-service departments.

Reflects the NJCSC Appendix A roster as of 2026-07-04. Context only, not legal advice.

In brief

The Youth Justice Commission, a state agency, reported 161 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 107 officers. Its rate of 150.5 per 100 officers ran above the 130.7 median for state agencies; a county median does not apply to a statewide agency and is not reported. A rate above the peer median can reflect more misconduct or a more complete intake of complaints. Of the 161 investigations detailed for 2025, 27 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Assault and Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation also prominent. Allegations are not findings.

Twenty-six major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, including four terminations. The Youth Justice Commission received an F on the report card, at the 95th percentile among 10 peers in the all state 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

107^{^[1]}

Distinct officers in that year's IA investigations, not total staffing

IA investigations, 2025

161^{^[1]}

Incidents, 2025

159^{^[1]}

Major discipline records

All years, 2020-2025

Staffing

Staffing data not available. No confident match to the FBI's national staffing census (LEE) was found for this department. 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 Youth Justice Commission, by year
Category	counts
2021	300
2022	336
2023	107
2024	124
2025	161

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Incidents

159 in 2025

Internal affairs incidents reported by Youth Justice Commission, by year
Year	counts
2021	257
2022	335
2023	107
2024	124
2025	159

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Officers on IA rows

147 in 2025

Officers listed on the officer-level internal affairs rows for Youth Justice Commission, by year
Year	counts
2021	not reported
2022	not reported
2023	not reported
2024	124
2025	147

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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 Youth Justice Commission, by year
Year	share of total
2021	0
2022	9.524
2023	32.71
2024	35.484
2025	16.77

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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 147 officers involved.

Most serious allegation

Most serious allegations reported by Youth Justice Commission, 2025
Other Departmental Rule Violation	72
Assault	51
Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation	10
Demeanor	9
Use Of Force Policy Violation	5
Domestic violence (Non-Criminal)	5
Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert	3
False Documentation/Falsifying A Report (Non-Criminal)	1

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AdministrativeConduct / dutyRights / integrityViolence / criminal

Statewide category pages: Other Departmental Rule Violation · Assault · Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation · Demeanor · Use Of Force Policy Violation · Domestic violence (Non-Criminal) · Loss Of Or Failure To Safeguard Agency Propert · False Documentation/Falsifying A Report (Non-Criminal)

Internal disposition

Internal dispositions reported by Youth Justice Commission, 2025
Unfounded	104
Sustained	27
not provided	16
Administratively Closed	12
Not Sustained	2

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Allegations by year, 2021 to 2025

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

Demeanor

314 of 1,028

Demeanor allegations reported by Youth Justice Commission, by year
Year	counts
2021	68
2022	223
2023	9
2024	5
2025	9

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Other Departmental Rule Violation

300 of 1,028

Other Departmental Rule Violation allegations reported by Youth Justice Commission, by year
Year	counts
2021	80
2022	45
2023	35
2024	68
2025	72

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Other Criminal Violation

140 of 1,028

Other Criminal Violation allegations reported by Youth Justice Commission, by year
Year	counts
2021	128
2022	11
2023	0
2024	0
2025	1

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Excessive Force

82 of 1,028

Excessive Force allegations reported by Youth Justice Commission, by year
Year	counts
2021	17
2022	8
2023	25
2024	32
2025	0

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Other (14 categories)

192 of 1,028

Other (14 categories) allegations reported by Youth Justice Commission, by year
Year	counts
2021	7
2022	49
2023	38
2024	19
2025	79

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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)
Youth Justice Commission	150.5
County median, state agency (0)	not computable
NJ median, state agency (10)	130.7

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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 F: Highest fifth of peers

On reported IA volume and discipline severity; see methodology

Combined standing: 95th percentile of 10 peers
Confidence: High confidence

Where this agency falls among its peers

The actual spread of discipline severity across Youth Justice Commission's real peer group, not an assumed bell curve. If the group is skewed, it is shown skewed.

Peer group: State agency, all state agencies (n=10)

Discipline severity: State agency, all state agencies
Range	Agencies
0–50	5
50–100	4
100–150	0
150–200	1

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Youth Justice Commission: 50.247 severity-weighted discipline per 100 IA-investigated officers: 55th percentile among State agency, all state agencies (n=10).

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%

85th percentileof 10 peers

161.5 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%

55th percentileof 10 peers

50.2 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%

85th percentileof 10 peers

2.39 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.^[14] 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	150.5	4th of 10 state agency
IA investigations2025	161	3rd of 10 state agency
IA incidents2025	159	2nd of 10 state agency
Major discipline2020-2025	26	3rd of 8 state agency
Terminations2020-2025	4	3rd of 5 state agency

Major discipline records

10 major discipline records in 2025, up from 2 in 2020 (+400%).
Year	major discipline records
2020	2
2021	8
2022	0
2023	4
2024	2
2025	10

10 major discipline records in 2025, up from 2 in 2020 (+400%).

Major discipline records reported by Youth Justice Commission, 2020-2025
Year	Officer	Rank	Sanction as reported	Src
2025	Stephan Kirksey	SCPO	Suspended 8 days	^[15]
2025	Gianfranco Lobaton	SCPO	Suspended 60 days	^[16]
2025	Savannah Lopez (Valentin)	SCPO	Suspended 60 days	^[17]
2025	Christopher Moore	SCPO	Suspended 120 days	^[18]
2025	Gary Nieves	SCPO	Terminated	^[19]
2025	Christopher Parker	SCPO	Separated while IA pending	^[20]
2025	Austin Sysol	SCPO	Suspended 30 days	^[21]
2025	William Young	SCPO	Terminated	^[22]
2025	Nicholas Zatkos	SCPO	TerminatedSuspended 90 days	^[23]
2025	Nicholas Zatkos	SCPO	TerminatedSuspended 60 days	^[24]
2024	Nicholas Zatkos	Sr. Correctional Police Officer	Suspended 90 days	^[25]
2024	Edward O'Hara	Police Lieutenant	Demoted	^[26]
2023	Eiver Angulo	Sr. Correctional Police Officer	Suspended 10 days	^[27]
2023	John McKiernan	Sr. Correctional Police Officer	Suspended 10 days	^[28]
2023	Michael Meyer	Sr. Correctional Police Officer	Suspended 10 days	^[29]
2023	James Troisi	Sr. Correctional Police Officer	Suspended 45 days	^[30]
2021	Shola London-Bostic	Senior Corrections Officer	Suspended 120 days	^[31]
2021	George Mortensen	Senior Corrections Officer	Suspended 120 days	^[32]
2021	Thomas Trout	Senior Corrections Officer	Suspended 90 days	^[33]
2021	Kevin Pyo	Senior Corrections Officer	Suspended 60 days	^[34]
2021	Ilya Grigorovich	Senior Corrections Officer	Suspended 20 days	^[35]
2021	Fernando Santos	Senior Corrections Officer	Suspended 15 days	^[36]
2021	Fernando Santos	Senior Corrections Officer	Suspended 6 days	^[37]
2021	Hector Fuentes	Senior Corrections Officer	Suspended 6 days	^[38]
2020	John Budenas	Assist. District Parole Supervisor	Suspended 6 days	^[39]
2020	Michelle Hall	Senior Corrections Officer	Suspended 120 days	^[40]

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 Youth Justice Commission's internal affairs and discipline record?

The Youth Justice Commission, a state agency, reported 161 internal affairs investigations in 2025 involving 107 officers. Its rate of 150.5 per 100 officers ran above the 130.7 median for state agencies; a county median does not apply to a statewide agency and is not reported. A rate above the peer median can reflect more misconduct or a more complete intake of complaints. Of the 161 investigations detailed for 2025, 27 reported sustained complaints. Other Departmental Rule Violation was the leading allegation category, with Assault and Sexual Assault/Criminal Sexual Violation also prominent. Allegations are not findings. Twenty-six major discipline records appear across the 2020-2025 releases, from 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025, including four terminations. The Youth Justice Commission received an F on the report card, at the 95th percentile among 10 peers in the all state agencies band, a high-confidence grade.

How many internal affairs investigations did Youth Justice Commission report in 2025?

Youth Justice Commission reported 161 internal affairs investigations in 2025, according to New Jersey Attorney General data. 107 distinct officers were named in that year's IA investigations.

How many major discipline records does Youth Justice Commission have?

Youth Justice Commission has 26 major discipline records in the Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, of which 4 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 2503. 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 Youth Justice Commission row. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[3]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 463. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
[4]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 1484. Snapshot retrieved 2026-06-09. ↩
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[7]New Jersey Internal Affairs Agency Totals, 2021-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Sheet1", row 2503. 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 Youth Justice Commission row for 2025; row 1 is the header. ↩
[9]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 Youth Justice Commission row for 2021. ↩
[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 Youth Justice Commission row for 2022. ↩
[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 Youth Justice Commission row for 2023. ↩
[12]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 Youth Justice Commission row for 2024. ↩
[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 Youth Justice Commission row for 2025. ↩
[14]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. ↩
[15]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 783. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
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[27]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1970. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
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[31]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2761. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[32]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2762. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[33]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2763. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[34]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2764. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[35]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2765. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[36]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2766. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[37]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2767. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[38]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2768. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[39]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 3001. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[40]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 3002. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩