Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Atlantic County Corrections · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 6 days2023 · as reported
Officer Costa was suspended for 6 days in 2023 by the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention. The agency reported that he had an unintentional discharge of his weapon within the secured perimeter of the Justice Facility. The sustained charge was unsafe handling of firearms.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 6 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Andrew Costa was suspended for 6 days after having an unintentional discharge of his weapon within the secured perimeter of the Justice Facility.
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Francis Johnson · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Doug Johnson · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unprofessional Conduct
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Kenneth Granger · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unprofessional Conduct
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Tina Decicco · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Tina Decicco · Atlantic County Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
58 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Andrew Costa, Atlantic County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/andrew-costa-atlantic-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Officer Costa was suspended for 6 days in 2023 by the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention. The agency reported that he had an unintentional discharge of his weapon within the secured perimeter of the Justice Facility. The sustained charge was unsafe handling of firearms.
Andrew Costa has one major discipline record at Atlantic County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.