Plain-language summary (this site, across all records below)
Cabrera has 2 sustained major discipline records from Middlesex Co Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Competence, Duty Responsibility, Performance of Duty, Obedience to Laws & Regulations, Reports & Booking, Custody of Prisoners, Supporting the laws, Body Worn Camera, Duty to Inspect, Circumstances when BWC Activation is Generally Required, Use of Force; Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Competence, Duty Responsibility, Performance of Duty, Obedience to Laws & Regulations, Reports & Booking, Custody of Prisoners, Supporting the laws, Body Worn Camera, Duty to Inspect, Circumstances when BWC Activation is Generally Required, Use of Force.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Denise Cabrera, a Correctional Police Officer at the Middlesex County Department of Corrections, was suspended for 86 days in 2024. The agency reported that Cabrera failed to activate her body-worn camera as required by policy during a use of force event and did not radio for a supervisor's assistance with an uncooperative inmate. Sustained charges included conduct unbecoming a public employee, performance of duty, custody of prisoners, use of force, and body-worn camera violations.
Circumstances when BWC Activation is Generally Required
Use of Force
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
CPO Cabrera failed to activate her body-worn camera (BWC) as per policy for a use of force event. CPO Cabrera failed to carry out her legitimate law enforcement objective in accordance with the prescribed procedures nor did she radio for the assistance of her supervisor for an uncooperative inmate.
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In a separate 2024 matter, Correctional Police Officer Denise Cabrera was suspended for 90 days by the Middlesex County Department of Corrections. The agency reported that Cabrera failed to activate her body-worn camera as required by policy for a use of force event, failed to wait for a supervisor to arrive, and failed to de-escalate a situation involving a passive non-compliant inmate. Sustained charges included conduct unbecoming a public employee, use of force, and body-worn camera violations.
Circumstances when BWC Activation is Generally Required
Use of Force
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
CPO Cabrera failed to activate her body-worn camera (BWC) as per policy for a use of force event. CPO Cabrera failed to wait for supervisor to arrive and failed to de-escalate the situation involving a passive non-compliant inmate.
Compensation and pension
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Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Sustained charge(s): Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism or Lateness
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jose Ledesma · Middlesex County Corrections · 2025
Suspended 30 days
Sustained charge(s): Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism or Lateness
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Jason Lukacs · Middlesex County Corrections · 2025
Suspended 35 days
Sustained charge(s): Chronic or Excessive Absenteeism or Lateness (3 Counts)
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Denise Cabrera's major discipline record?
Cabrera has 2 sustained major discipline records from Middlesex Co Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Competence, Duty Responsibility, Performance of Duty, Obedience to Laws & Regulations, Reports & Booking, Custody of Prisoners, Supporting the laws, Body Worn Camera, Duty to Inspect, Circumstances when BWC Activation is Generally Required, Use of Force; Conduct unbecoming a public employee, Competence, Duty Responsibility, Performance of Duty, Obedience to Laws & Regulations, Reports & Booking, Custody of Prisoners, Supporting the laws, Body Worn Camera, Duty to Inspect, Circumstances when BWC Activation is Generally Required, Use of Force.
What is Denise Cabrera's major discipline record at Middlesex County Corrections?
Denise Cabrera has 2 major discipline records at Middlesex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Denise Cabrera's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Denise Cabrera at Middlesex County Corrections.
How does Middlesex County Corrections score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Middlesex County Corrections in the second-highest fifth 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 Denise Cabrera individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1171. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1182. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩