(a) 4 - or Lateness (a) 11 – Obedience to Laws and Rules and Regulations Absence Without Leave (AWOL) Abuse of Sick Leave
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Correctional Police Officer Daniel Smith called out sick for his tour of duty but did not have enough accrued sick time to cover the shift, the Bergen County Sheriffs Office reported for 2024. He was placed in a no pay status and considered Absent Without Leave. Smith was suspended for 10 days.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Corectional Police Officer Daniel Smith called out sick for his tour of duty, however, he did not have enough accrued sick time to cover the shift and was placed in "no pay status" and was considered Absent Without Leave (AWOL).
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 867. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩