Senior Correctional Police Officer Bruce Gansert of Bayside State Prison filed for retirement effective 2/1/25, but on 11/2/24 he opened a 'sick number' and stopped reporting to work while inaccurately advising operations that his retirement was effective 11/1/24. After Department of Corrections Human Resources advised him that he had no approved leave and needed to return to work or submit FMLA documentation, Gansert failed to respond to repeated correspondence. He was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a resignation not in good standing, effective 2/18/25.
(a) General Causes (12) N.J.A.C. 4A:2-6.2(B) Resignation not in Good Standing - Any employee who is absent from duty for five or more consecutive business days without the approval of his or her supervisor shall be considered to have abandoned her or her position and shall be recorded as a resignation not in good standing. Approval of the absence should not be unreasonably denied. HRB 84-17
as amended A2b - Abandonment of job as a result of absence from work as scheduled without permission for five consecutive work days
Separated while IA pending
Yes
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Bayside State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Bruce Gansert filed for retirement effective 2/1/25. On 11/2/24, SCPO Gansert opened a “sick number” and stopped reporting to work. SCPO Gansert inaccurately advised operations that his retirement was effective 11/1/24. SCPO Gansert was advised by New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) Human Resources (HR) that he did not have an approved leave and would need to either return to work or submit FMLA documentation to cover his absences. SCPO Gansert failed to respond to repeated correspondence from NJDOC HR. SCPO Gansett was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a resignation not in good standing, effective 2/18/25.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (3) Inability to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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
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
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a…
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Bruce Gansert, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/bruce-gansert-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Bruce Gansert's major discipline record?
Senior Correctional Police Officer Bruce Gansert of Bayside State Prison filed for retirement effective 2/1/25, but on 11/2/24 he opened a 'sick number' and stopped reporting to work while inaccurately advising operations that his retirement was effective 11/1/24. After Department of Corrections Human Resources advised him that he had no approved leave and needed to return to work or submit FMLA documentation, Gansert failed to respond to repeated correspondence. He was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a resignation not in good standing, effective 2/18/25.
What is Bruce Gansert's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Bruce Gansert has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Bruce Gansert's pension on record?
Bruce Gansert's reported monthly pension allowance is $4,345.63, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Bruce Gansert has 20 years, 1 month of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Bruce Gansert 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 Bruce Gansert individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 622. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 365653 (member 44358013), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[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/. ↩