Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
Synopsis 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.
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.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1467. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩