Major discipline · 2024[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a)(6) a Public Employee. (a)(3) (a)(12) . C11: an employee. D7: Violation of Administrative procedures an/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)
The Department of Corrections terminated Senior Correctional Police Officer Dimeer McKelvin in 2024 after the Police Training Commission suspended his license, leaving him unfit for employment as a correctional officer. On February 19, 2024, McKelvin was involved in a motor vehicle collision that resulted in the death of another motorist. On June 28, 2024, an Essex County grand jury indicted him and charged him with reckless death by auto or vessel, a second-degree offense.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
The Police Training Commission has suspended Officer McKelvin's license and as such is deemed unfit for employment with NJDOC as Correctional Officer. His inability to hold a valid PTC license is considered a public employee and violates pertinent rules and regulations of the NJDOC. Specifically, on February 19, 2024,the Officer was involved in a motor vehicle collision that resulted in the death of another motorist. On June 28, 2024, Officer McKelvin was indicted by an Essex County, NJ Grand Jury and charged with a violation of NJSA 2C:11-5(a) Reckless Death by Auto or Vessel (second degree).