Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Chris Bruno

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 30 days

Rank as reported: SCPO
Sustained charge(s): ; ; violation of safety/security rules; violation of administrative rule, regulation, etc.
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

SCPO Chris Bruno was suspended for 30 days by the Dept Of Corrections in 2023 for neglect of duty, conduct unbecoming, and violation of safety and security rules. The record states that while Bruno worked as Unit 3 Housing Officer on 1st shift, an incarcerated person's canteen was stolen and a fight resulting in injury required outside treatment. Video review found that he neglected to perform security checks every 30 minutes, failed to perform structural inspections and bed and locker searches, and that institutional counts were not conducted per policy.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

While working as Unit 3 Housing Officer on 1st shift, an incarcerated persons canteen was stolen and involved in a fight resulting in injury requiring outside treatment. After video review it was found that he neglected to perform security checks every 30 minutes, failed to perform structural integrity inspections and bed/locker searches. Institutional counts were not conducted per policy and procedure

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $93,872
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 8 years, 3 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1944. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214020, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩