Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Brian Kennedy

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 10 days

Rank as reported: SCPO
Sustained charge(s): ; Sleeping while on duty (essential)
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

The Dept Of Corrections suspended SCPO Brian Kennedy for 10 days in 2023 for neglect of duty and sleeping while on duty. The record states Kennedy appeared to be sleeping by closing his eyes during a 1 minute and 36 seconds video while assigned to a hospital detail in the care of an incarcerated person serving life for murder and kidnapping, a detail on which he was assigned a firearm. The finding was supported by Body Worn Camera video and Kennedy's own admissions.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

SCPO Kennedy appeared to be sleeping on duty by closing his eyes during the 1 minute and 36 seconds video while assigned on a hospital detail in the care of an incarcerated person serving life for murder and kidnapping. This detail includes the officer being assigned a firearm. This was supported by Body Worn Camera video and the officer r own admissions.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $89,805
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 6 years, 9 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1915. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214082, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩