Senior Correctional Police Officer Barbara Earling was suspended for 30 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On March 11, 2024, after a Lieutenant ordered her to relieve another officer for a break, Earling responded, 'I ain't doing that shit. I'm on overtime. I'll just go home.' She refused further orders and was recorded on camera leaving South Woods State Prison at 9:24 pm, before her shift ended at 10:00 pm. The record found she was insubordinate and abandoned her post.
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On March 11, 2024 Officer Earling was ordered by a Lieutenant to relieve another officer for a break. Officer Earling's response was "I ain't doing that shit. I'm on overtime. I'll just go home". Officer Earlling was then ordered by the Lieutenant to write a special report, report to the Shift Commander and fill out a partial shift release. Officer Earling refused to comply with these orders and was observed on the institutional camera leaving South Woods State Prison at 9:24 pm and her shift did not end until 10:00 pm. Officer Earling was insubordinate towards the Lieutenant and abandoned her post. Officer Earling signed a settlement agreement on this matter on June 12, 2024.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Barbara Earling's major discipline record?
Senior Correctional Police Officer Barbara Earling was suspended for 30 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On March 11, 2024, after a Lieutenant ordered her to relieve another officer for a break, Earling responded, 'I ain't doing that shit. I'm on overtime. I'll just go home.' She refused further orders and was recorded on camera leaving South Woods State Prison at 9:24 pm, before her shift ended at 10:00 pm. The record found she was insubordinate and abandoned her post.
What is Barbara Earling's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Barbara Earling 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.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Barbara Earling 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 Barbara Earling individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1376. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩