An investigation revealed that on 10/20/2024, Senior Correctional Police Officer Charles Habeck of New Jersey State Prison falsified his Police Training Commission license renewal application by answering 'no' to a question asking whether he had ever been charged with or convicted of a crime, disorderly persons offense, or other legal action. A commission search concluded that the information Habeck provided was false. He signed a settlement agreement for a 60-day suspension on 4/15/2025.
(a) General Causes (6) a public employee (7) (12) HRB 84-17
as amended C8 - Falsification: intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work
employment application
attendance or in any record
report
investigation or other proceeding C11 - an employee E1 - Violation of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
An investigation revealed that on 10/20/2024, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Charles Habeck falsified his New Jersey Police Training Commission (PTC) License Renewal Application when he answered "no" to question number 10: "Have you ever been charged with or convicted of a crime, disorderly persons offense or other legal action in any jurisdiction?" A search conducted by the PTC concluded that the information provided by the SCPO was false. SCPO Habeck signed a settlement agreement for a 60-day suspension on 4/15/2025.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Charles Habeck's major discipline record?
An investigation revealed that on 10/20/2024, Senior Correctional Police Officer Charles Habeck of New Jersey State Prison falsified his Police Training Commission license renewal application by answering 'no' to a question asking whether he had ever been charged with or convicted of a crime, disorderly persons offense, or other legal action. A commission search concluded that the information Habeck provided was false. He signed a settlement agreement for a 60-day suspension on 4/15/2025.
What is Charles Habeck's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Charles Habeck 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.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Charles Habeck 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 Charles Habeck individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 634. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩