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Brian Kennedy

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

Suspended 10 days2023 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
SCPO (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Sleeping while on duty (essential)
Separated while IA pending
No

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.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Tamika Walker · Department Of Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming a public employee; Other sufficient cause; Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness, or willfull failure to devote attention…

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  • David Greaux · Department Of Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which could result in danger to persons or property;…

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Fred Webb · Department Of Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty; Conduct unbecoming an employee; violation of administrative rule, regulation, etc.

    same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome

  • Chris Bruno · Department Of Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty; conduct unbecoming; violation of safety/security rules; violation of administrative rule, regulation, etc.

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  • Dominick Aneses · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…

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Other officers at Department Of Corrections

433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Brian Kennedy's major discipline record?

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.

What is Brian Kennedy's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Brian Kennedy has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Brian Kennedy's base salary on record?

Brian Kennedy's reported base salary is $89,805, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Brian Kennedy has 6 years, 9 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Brian Kennedy 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 Brian Kennedy individually.

Sources

  1. [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. [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/. ↩
  3. [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/. ↩