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David Hightower

Atlantic County Corrections · 5 records · 2024, 2025

Plain-language summary (this site, across all records below)

Hightower has 5 sustained major discipline records from Atlantic Co Corrections, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 6 days

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

Officer David Hightower was suspended for 6 days on a sustained unauthorized absence charge, the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention reported for 2025. The record states the discipline followed a no call, no show that was his fourth occurrence within a six month period.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer David Hightower was suspended for 6 days after being a no call /no show which resulted being his fourth occurrence of w time in a six month period. (Fourth occurrence of the year within a six month period)

Major discipline · 2025[2]

Suspended 0 daysSeparated while IA pending

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

Officer David Hightower was allowed to resign after his sixth occurrence of being a no call, no show for his scheduled shift, Shift #3 from 1530 hours to 2330 hours, according to the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention. The 2025 record lists a sustained unauthorized absence charge and notes that he was separated while an internal affairs matter was pending. It records the sixth occurrence within a six month period.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer David Hightower was allowed to resign after his sixth occurrence being a no call /no show for his scheduled shift, Shift #3 1530 hours to 2330 hours, which resulted being his sixth occurrence of w time in a six month period. (Sixth occurrence within a six month period)

Major discipline · 2025[3]

Suspended 10 days

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

In a 2025 case, the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention suspended Officer David Hightower for 10 days on a sustained unauthorized absence charge. The record states the suspension followed his fifth occurrence of coming in late or calling out within a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer David Hightower was suspended for 10 days after his fifth occurrence for coming in late / calling out in a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift (Fifth occurrence within a six month period)

Major discipline · 2024[4]

Suspended 10 days

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

Officer Hightower received a 10-day suspension in 2024 from the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention. The agency reported the discipline followed his fifth occurrence of coming in late or calling out within a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift. The sustained charge was unauthorized absence.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Daivid Hightower was suspended for 10 days after his fifth occurrence for coming in late / calling out in a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift (Fourth occurrence of the year

Major discipline · 2024[5]

Suspended 6 days

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

In 2024, Officer Hightower was suspended for 6 days by the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention. This followed his fourth occurrence of coming in late or calling out within a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift, according to the agency. The sustained charge was unauthorized absence.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unauthorized Absence
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Daivid Hightower was suspended for 6 days after his fourth occurrence for coming in late / calling out in a six month period without any sick time for his assigned shift (Fourth occurrence of the year

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows they resigned, retired, transferred, or otherwise separated from this agency while an internal affairs matter was pending, which can affect whether a current PFRS/SPRS record exists here. 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. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Gilberto Aristy · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Derrick Butler · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Standard of Conduct

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jermaine Clay Jr. · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jermaine Clay Jr. · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unauthorized Absence

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jermaine Clay Jr. · Atlantic County Corrections · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Standard of Conduct

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

Questions and answers

What is a summary of David Hightower's major discipline record?
Hightower has 5 sustained major discipline records from Atlantic Co Corrections, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence; Unauthorized Absence.
What is David Hightower's major discipline record at Atlantic County Corrections?
David Hightower has 5 major discipline records at Atlantic County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does David Hightower's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for David Hightower at Atlantic County Corrections.
How does Atlantic County Corrections score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Atlantic County Corrections in the highest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not David Hightower individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 25. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 26. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 27. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  4. [4]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 840. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  5. [5]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 848. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.