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David Coffin

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 30 days2025 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 30 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
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

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.

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  • Malcolm Austin · Department Of Corrections · 2025

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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[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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of David Coffin's major discipline record?

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.

What is David Coffin's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

David Coffin has one major discipline record 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 David Coffin's base salary on record?

David Coffin's reported base salary is $96,710, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. David Coffin has 9 years of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department David Coffin 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 David Coffin individually.

Sources

  1. [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. [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/. ↩
  3. [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/. ↩