Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 60 days- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (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
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
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.
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.