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Brian Mikus

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

Suspended 10 days2023 · as reported

The Dept Of Corrections suspended Major Brian Mikus for 10 days in 2023 for violation of a rule, regulation, policy or procedure. The record states Mikus made an inflammatory social media post regarding staff who called off on Christmas day, suggesting retribution from his authority position as a Major, and notes that social media is an extension of the workplace. Under a settlement agreement he received the 10 day suspension and then used his own leave time until retirement on 12/1/23.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Major (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Violation of a rule. Regulation
  • policy or procedure
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Made inflammatory social media post regarding staff that called off christmas day, suggesting retribution in general and from the officer r authority position as a Major. Social media is an extension of the workplace. Per Settlement agreement-10 day suspension and then use own leave time to remain out of work until retirement 12/1/23

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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

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$7,564.62
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$7,564.62
Final salary basis
$139,655
Retired
October 2023
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
25 years

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 Mikus's major discipline record?

The Dept Of Corrections suspended Major Brian Mikus for 10 days in 2023 for violation of a rule, regulation, policy or procedure. The record states Mikus made an inflammatory social media post regarding staff who called off on Christmas day, suggesting retribution from his authority position as a Major, and notes that social media is an extension of the workplace. Under a settlement agreement he received the 10 day suspension and then used his own leave time until retirement on 12/1/23.

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

Brian Mikus 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 Mikus's pension on record?

Brian Mikus's reported monthly pension allowance is $7,564.62, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Brian Mikus has 25 years of reported service.

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

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1913. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 346385 (member 44324964), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired 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/. ↩