Major discipline · 2024[1]
TerminatedSeparated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Senior Parole Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- a public employee; Use possession or sale of any CDA (LEO); and Violation of a rule, regulation, policy procedure order or administrative decision.
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Parole Officer Charles Parrish was terminated by the NJ State Parole Board in 2024 and separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. Parrish provided a urine sample as part of an agency-wide random drug test, and a toxicology report confirmed a positive result linked to him, detecting benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine. Sustained charges included conduct unbecoming, controlled dangerous substance use, and violation of a rule or policy.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On or about 11/14/2023, Parrishprovided a urine sample as part of an agency wide random drug test. On or about, 01/30/2024, a Toxicology Report confirmed a positive result on a random officer drug test and the Patient I.D. matched and was linked to Parrish. According to the Toxicology Report, Benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, was detected in Parrish's urine specimen.