(a) General Causes (12) HRB 84-17, as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse
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Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On 6/14/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Andre Lawhorn submitted a Special Custody Report refusing mandatory overtime at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, citing childcare issues, the Dept Of Corrections reported. It was his 6th mandatory refusal in a 6-month period, and he did not submit the proper documentation within the allotted time. Lawhorn signed a settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on 9/29/2025.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 6/14/25, Garden State Youth Correctional Facility’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Andre Lawhorn submitted a Special Custody Report refusing mandatory overtime due to childcare issues. This was SCPO Lawhorn's 6th mandatory refusal in a 6-month period. SCPO Lawhorn did not submit the proper documentation within the allotted time frame. SCPO Lawhorn signed a settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on 9/29/2025.
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 660. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 215439, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩