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Dennis Turner

Department Of Corrections · 2 records · 2021, 2022

Suspended 30 daysmost recent record, 2022 · as reported

Turner has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2021 to 2022. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming an employee; Violation of policy & procedure.

Discipline timeline, 2021 to 2022

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2021 to 2022

Major discipline records reported for Dennis Turner, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20211Termination
20221Suspension
  • Termination
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2022[1]

Suspended 30 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

The Dept Of Corrections disciplined Correctional Police Officer Dennis Turner in 2022 for conduct unbecoming an employee and violation of policy and procedure. According to the record, Turner was terminated on 12/14/21 after failing a random drug screening. The Office of Administrative Law amended the removal on 5/25/22 to a 30 day suspension, which the Civil Service Commission upheld on 6/29/22.

Rank as reported
Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • an employee
  • Violation of policy & procedure
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Turner terminated 12/14/21, failed random drug screening. OAL amended removal on 5/25/22 to 30 day suspension, CSC upheld on 6/29/22

Major discipline · 2021[2]

TerminatedSuspended 152 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Corrections Officer Dennis Turner was terminated by the Department Of Corrections in 2021 and recorded a 152-day suspension. According to the description, Turner failed his urinalysis for CDS. He was not demoted, and the agency did not report the sustained charges or any other sanction.

Rank as reported
Corrections Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not provided
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Turner failed his urinalysis for CDS.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Adalberto Duarte · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Patrick Ferrea · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): 1. Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which would not result in danger to persons or

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Billy Fowler · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 20 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct unbecoming; Violation of administrative procedure; Violation of rule/regulation

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Ronald Green · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jerry Castillo · Department Of Corrections · 2022

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

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

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Dennis Turner's major discipline record?

Turner has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2021 to 2022. The records include a termination and a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming an employee; Violation of policy & procedure.

What is Dennis Turner's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Dennis Turner has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021, 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Dennis Turner's record show a termination?

Yes. At least one of Dennis Turner's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2021.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Dennis Turner 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 Dennis Turner individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2348. 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 2746. 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 2348. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 2348, 2746.
  4. [4]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/.