Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Essex County Department of Corrections terminated Officer Ceonnah Tucker in 2025 on a sustained charge of conduct unbecoming a public employee. The record states that Tucker was present during an improperly conducted housing unit tour on August 28, 2025, and failed to accurately document or report the tour, submitting falsified and misleading reports. The department also found multiple violations of its policies and rules during her one-year probationary period.
The investigation determined that Officer Tucker was present during an improperly conducted housing unit tour on August 28, 2025, which is a routine security check in which staff observe inmate activity, ensure unit security, and identify any safety or procedural issues in accordance with policy.Officer Tucker failed to accurately document or report the tour, submitting falsified and misleading reports. Additionally, during her one-year probationary period, Officer Tuckerwas found to have committed multiple violations of departmental policies, procedures, and rules and regulations.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee;
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Ceonnah Tucker's major discipline record?
The Essex County Department of Corrections terminated Officer Ceonnah Tucker in 2025 on a sustained charge of conduct unbecoming a public employee. The record states that Tucker was present during an improperly conducted housing unit tour on August 28, 2025, and failed to accurately document or report the tour, submitting falsified and misleading reports. The department also found multiple violations of its policies and rules during her one-year probationary period.
What is Ceonnah Tucker's major discipline record at Essex County Corrections?
Ceonnah Tucker has one major discipline record at Essex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Ceonnah Tucker's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Ceonnah Tucker's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How does Essex County Corrections score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Essex County Corrections in the lowest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Ceonnah Tucker individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 302. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩