The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Antolin Bretton for 10 days in 2024. On February 5, 2024, Bretton called a code for an incarcerated person displaying self-injurious behavior. When medical staff arrived, Bretton called for the cell door to be opened, stepped aside, and ordered staff to cut the bed sheets tied around the person's neck, but he did not render aid at any point. Bretton signed a settlement agreement on March 14, 2024.
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On February 5, 2024 Officer Bretton called a code for an Incarcerated Person displaying self injurious behaviors. When medical arrived on the scene, Officer Bretton called over the radio for the cell door to be opened, once opened Officer Bretton did not render any aid to the Incarcerated Person, instead stepped aside for the medical staff and then Officer Bretton ordered medical staff to cut the bed sheets tied around the Incarcerated Person's neck. There was never a moment where Officer Bretton rendered any aid to the Incarcerated Person. Officer Bretton signed a settlement agreement on this matter on March 14, 2024.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other Sufficient Cause. C7: Fighting or creating a…
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Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. A9: Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse. E1: Violations of a…
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Police Transparency NJ, "Antolin Bretton, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/antolin-bretton-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Antolin Bretton's major discipline record?
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Antolin Bretton for 10 days in 2024. On February 5, 2024, Bretton called a code for an incarcerated person displaying self-injurious behavior. When medical staff arrived, Bretton called for the cell door to be opened, stepped aside, and ordered staff to cut the bed sheets tied around the person's neck, but he did not render aid at any point. Bretton signed a settlement agreement on March 14, 2024.
What is Antolin Bretton's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Antolin Bretton has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Antolin Bretton's base salary on record?
Antolin Bretton's reported base salary is $68,217, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Antolin Bretton has 8 years of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Antolin Bretton worked for?
Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Antolin Bretton individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1335. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213086, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩