Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Crystal Sims

Department Of Corrections · 2 records · 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 15 days

Rank as reported: Senior Correctional Police Officer
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

Plain-language summary (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.

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

Rank as reported: Senior Correctional Police Officer
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

Plain-language summary (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.

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.

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.

Sources

[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]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]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/. ↩