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Briana Pace

Department Of Corrections · 2 records · 2025

Suspended 15 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

Pace has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-6.2 Resignation not in good standing (a) if an employee resigns without complying with the required notice in N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-6.1, he or she shall be held as having resigned not in good standing. HRB 84-17, as amended A2a - Employee Resignation without giving 14 days notice; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Separated while IA pending

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Senior Correctional Police Officer Briana Pace was on approved leave from 5/21/25 through 8/31/25 at South Woods State Prison but remained away on unauthorized leave until 9/1/25, the Dept Of Corrections reported. On 10/2/25, Pace submitted a resignation letter with an immediate effective date, failing to give the 14 days notice required by law. She was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action on 10/3/25 for resignation not in good standing, and her employment ended.

Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-6.2 Resignation not in good standing (a) if an employee resigns without complying with the required notice in N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-6.1
  • he or she shall be held as having resigned not in good standing. HRB 84-17
  • as amended A2a - Employee Resignation without giving 14 days notice.
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Briana Pace was on an approved leave from 5/21/25 through 8/31/25 but remained away from work on an unauthorized leave until 9/1/25. On 10/2/25, SCPO Pace submitted a resignation letter with an immediate effective date. SCPO Pace failed to give 14-days’ notice as required by law and the Human Resource Bulletin. SCPO Pace was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action on 10/3/25, for resignation not in good standing and her employment with the New Jersey Department of Corrections was terminated.

Major discipline · 2025[2]

Suspended 15 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

On 1/9/25, 2/1/25 and 3/5/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Briana Pace requested to leave early using sick time at South Woods State Prison, the Dept Of Corrections reported. The three early releases within a six-month period violated department rules and regulations. Pace signed a settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on 5/1/25.

Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • (a) General Causes (12) HRB 84-17
  • as amended E1 - Violation of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 1/9/25, 2/1/25 and 3/5/25, South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Briana Pace requested to leave early utilizing sick time. SCPO Pace had three early releases within a six-month period which violated the New Jersey Department of Corrections rules and regulations. SCPO Pace signed a settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on 5/1/25.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Michael Anello · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • 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)

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

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

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Briana Pace's major discipline record?

Pace has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-6.2 Resignation not in good standing (a) if an employee resigns without complying with the required notice in N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-6.1, he or she shall be held as having resigned not in good standing. HRB 84-17, as amended A2a - Employee Resignation without giving 14 days notice; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.

What is Briana Pace's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Briana Pace has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Briana Pace 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 Briana Pace individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 703. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 704. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  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/.