Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 30 days- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C9. . C11: an employee. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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.