Major discipline · 2025[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17, as amended C11 - an employee E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision N.J.S.A. 2C: 39-5B(1) - Unlawful Possession of a Weapon
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Carmen Sexton was terminated by the Department of Corrections after being charged by the Hamilton Police Department on February 12, 2019, with unlawful possession of a weapon for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. Sexton was not authorized by the department to carry the weapon, was not in working status and had not completed a weapons qualification since September 27, 2016. She was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for removal on April 16, 2025.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 2/12/19, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Carmen Sexton was charged by the Hamilton Police Department with violation of 2C:39-5B (1) - Unlawful possession of a weapon. Specifically, SCPO Sexton was carrying a concealed weapon without having a permit to do so. SCPO Sexton was not authorized by the New Jersey Department of Corrections to carry such a weapon, as she was not in working status and she had not completed a weapons qualification since 9/27/16. On 4/16/25, SCPO Sexton was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a removal.