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Crystal Sims

Department Of Corrections · 2 records · 2025

Suspended 10 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported

Sims has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 15 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

On February 5, 2025, Edna Mahan Correctional Facility Senior Correctional Police Officer Crystal Sims was mandated to work overtime but did not complete the shift and failed to provide justification documentation within the allotted time, the Department of Corrections reported. Sims signed a settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on February 17, 2025.

Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • (a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17
  • as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 2/5/25, Edna Mahan Correctional Facility’s Senior Correctional Officer (SCPO) Chrystal Sims was mandated to work overtime. SCPO Sims did not complete her mandated shift and failed to provide the proper justification documentation within the allotted time frame. On 2/17/25, SCPO Sims signed a settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension.

Major discipline · 2025[2]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

On January 13 and 14, 2025, Edna Mahan Correctional Facility Senior Correctional Police Officer Crystal Sims was mandated to work overtime but did not complete the shifts and failed to provide justification documentation within the allotted time, the Department of Corrections reported. Sims signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on February 14, 2025.

Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • (a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17
  • as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 1/13/25 and 1/14/25, Edna Mahan Correctional Facility’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Crystal Sims was mandated to work overtime. SCPO Sims did not complete her mandated shifts and failed to provide proper justification documentation within the allotted time frame. On 2/14/25, SCPO Sims signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Michael Anello · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Dominick Aneses · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Department Of Corrections

433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[3]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$93,188
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
8 years

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Crystal Sims's major discipline record?

Sims has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse.

What is Crystal Sims's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Crystal Sims has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Crystal Sims's base salary on record?

Crystal Sims's reported base salary is $93,188, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Crystal Sims has 8 years of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Crystal Sims 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 Crystal Sims individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 735. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 736. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  3. [3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 212316, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  4. [4]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/. ↩