Senior Correctional Police Officer Daniqua Lewter was suspended for 90 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On January 29, 2021, Lewter told the Orange Police Department that her registered firearm had been stolen from her cousin's house, where she had given it for safekeeping. Lewter did not disclose that she was a Correctional Officer until April 15, 2021, when she admitted giving the gun to a cousin who was unlicensed to carry a weapon. She was charged with a fourth-degree offense and signed a settlement on January 4, 2024.
(a)(6) a Public Employee. (a)(12) . C8: Falsification: Intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work, employment application, attendance, or in any record, report, investigation or other proceeding. C11: an employee. D6c. Loss or careless control of firearms. E1: Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order, or administrative decision. N.J.S.A. 2C: 39-10A (1) Violation of the regulatory provisions relating to firearms
false representation in applications. 4th degree offense.
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On January 29, 2021, Officer Lewter provided a statement to the Orange Police Department that her registered firearm was stolen. It was reported that the weapon was stolen from her cousin's house which Officer Lewter gave her firearm to for safe keeping. During initial conversations with the Police Officer Lewter failed to disclose that she was a NJDOC Correctional Officer until she made a secondary statement on April 15, 2021 and admitted to giving her registered gun to her cousin who was unlicensed to carry a weapon. Following the reports, Officer Lewter was charged with a 4th degree offense. Officer Lewter signed a settlement agreement on this matter on January 4, 2024.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other Sufficient Cause. C7: Fighting or creating a…
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Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. A9: Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse. E1: Violations of a…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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Police Transparency NJ, "Daniqua Lewter, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/daniqua-lewter-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Daniqua Lewter's major discipline record?
Senior Correctional Police Officer Daniqua Lewter was suspended for 90 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On January 29, 2021, Lewter told the Orange Police Department that her registered firearm had been stolen from her cousin's house, where she had given it for safekeeping. Lewter did not disclose that she was a Correctional Officer until April 15, 2021, when she admitted giving the gun to a cousin who was unlicensed to carry a weapon. She was charged with a fourth-degree offense and signed a settlement on January 4, 2024.
What is Daniqua Lewter's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Daniqua Lewter has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Daniqua Lewter's base salary on record?
Daniqua Lewter's reported base salary is $107,344, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Daniqua Lewter has 5 years, 2 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Daniqua Lewter 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 Daniqua Lewter individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1387. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213304, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[3]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/. ↩