Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

David Coffin

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2025

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Major discipline · 2025^[1]

Suspended 30 days

Rank as reported: Senior Correctional Police Officer
Sustained charge(s): (a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17, as amended D7 - Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

An internal investigation found that on 11/14/24 the personal locker of Senior Correctional Police Officer David Coffin at South Woods State Prison contained contraband, including manufactured weapons and materials to manufacture weapons. The locker was also secured with a non-departmental approved lock. Coffin signed a settlement agreement on 1/15/25 for a 30-day suspension from the Department of Corrections.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

An internal investigation revealed that on 11/14/24, South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) David Coffin's personal locker contained contraband. Specifically, the locker contained manufactured weapons, materials to manufacture weapons, and additional contraband. The locker was also secured with a non-departmental approved lock. SCPO Coffin signed a settlement agreement on 1/15/25 for a 30-day suspension.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $96,710
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 9 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 581. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 215766, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩