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Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2020
Suspended 15 days2020 · as reported
Senior Corrections Officer Christopher Mercardo received a 15-day suspension from the Department Of Corrections in 2020 for an attendance violation, fourth offense. Mercardo was not terminated or demoted. The agency reported no other sanction in the record.
Major discipline · 2020[1]
Suspended 15 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Attendance violation 4th offense
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
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Daniel Kaminsky · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Suspended 10 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Derek Jovanovic · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Suspended 10 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Alan Houghton · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Suspended 10 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Asya Wyche · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Suspended 15 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Christopher Mercardo, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/christopher-mercardo-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Senior Corrections Officer Christopher Mercardo received a 15-day suspension from the Department Of Corrections in 2020 for an attendance violation, fourth offense. Mercardo was not terminated or demoted. The agency reported no other sanction in the record.
Christopher Mercardo has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Christopher Mercardo's reported base salary is $114,697, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Christopher Mercardo has 20 years, 2 months of reported service.
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 Christopher Mercardo individually.