Major discipline · 2025[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) General Causes (3) (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17, as amended C11- an employee. D7- Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1- Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On 8/9/24, the Department of Corrections Special Investigations Division executed a search warrant on the vehicle of Senior Correctional Police Officer Devoncurtis Willson at New Jersey State Prison. Willson was charged with second-degree official misconduct, bribery for taking money from incarcerated persons for illicit drugs, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and was immediately suspended without pay. On 8/26/24, the Police Training Commission suspended his law enforcement license, and he was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action terminating his employment on 1/3/25.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 8/9/24, The New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) Special Investigations Division (SID) executed a search warrant on the vehicle of New Jersey State Prison’s (NJSP) Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Devincurtis Wilson on the grounds of NJSP. SCPO Wilson was charged with 2nd Degree Official Misconduct N.J.S.A. 2C:30-2; Bribery 2C:27-2C, (taking money from incarcerated persons for illicit drugs), Possession of Marijuana and With the Intent to Distribute 2C35-5a1. SCPO Wilson was immediately suspended without pay. On 8/26/24, the Police Training Commission suspended SCPO Wilson's Law Enforcement License. On 1/3/25, SCPO Wilson was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for the termination of his employment with the NJDOC.