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
Separated while IA pending
No
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.
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.
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
Separated while IA pending
No
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.
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
No confident pension match found. 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. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
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. ↩