Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 45 days- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a)(6) a Public Employee. (a)(12) . C8: Falsification: Intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work
- employment application
- attendance
- or in any record
- report
- investigation or other proceeding. D4:Improper or unauthorized contact with an inmate - undue familiarity with inmates
- parolees
- their families
- or friends.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
An Internal Affairs Investigation determined that Officer Artis failed to notify Northern State Prison about his personal relationship to an Incarcerated Person who was housed in the Restricted Housing Unit that Officer Artis worked in on five different occasions. Additionally, Officer Artis worked in that housing unit as an escort 98 different times while the Incarcerated Person was housed there. During the investigation, Officer Artis made several contradicting statements in an attempt to mislead investigators. Officer Artis signed a settlement agreement on this matter on November 7, 2024.