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Allen Merlino

Atlantic County Corrections · 4 records · 2022, 2024, 2025

Merlino has 4 sustained major discipline records from Atlantic Co Corrections, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Allen Merlino was suspended for 10 days in 2025 on a sustained unauthorized absence charge, the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention reported. The record states the discipline followed his fifth occurrence of coming in late or calling out during a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Allen Merlino was suspended for 10 days after his fifth occurrence for coming in late / calling out in a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift (Fifth occurrence of the year)

Major discipline · 2025[2]

Suspended 6 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In a separate 2025 case, the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention suspended Officer Allen Merlino for 6 days on a sustained unauthorized absence charge. According to the record, the suspension followed his third occurrence of coming in late or calling out during a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Allen Merlino was suspended for 6 days after his third occurrence for coming in late / calling out in a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift (Third occurrence of the year)

Major discipline · 2024[3]

Suspended 6 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

The Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention suspended Officer Merlino for 6 days in 2024. Per the agency, this was his fourth occurrence of coming in late or calling out within a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift. Unauthorized absence was the sustained charge.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Allen Merlino was suspended for 6 days after his fourth occurrence for coming in late / calling out in a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift (Fourth occurrence of the year

Major discipline · 2022[4]

Suspended 6 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Merlino was suspended for 6 days in 2022 by the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention. The agency reported his fourth occurrence within a six month period of calling out without any time available. The sustained charge was unauthorized absence.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Allen Merlino was suspended for 6 days for his fourth occurrence in a six month period of calling out without any time available.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Gilberto Aristy · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Derrick Butler · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Standard of Conduct

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jermaine Clay Jr. · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jermaine Clay Jr. · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jermaine Clay Jr. · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Standard of Conduct

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Atlantic County Corrections

58 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 58 at the Atlantic County Corrections page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Allen Merlino's major discipline record?

Merlino has 4 sustained major discipline records from Atlantic Co Corrections, spanning 2022 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence.

What is Allen Merlino's major discipline record at Atlantic County Corrections?

Allen Merlino has 4 major discipline records at Atlantic County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2024, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 38. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 39. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 844. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  4. [4]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2022. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.