Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
In 2023, the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention suspended Officer Johnson for 10 days. The agency reported that he called in a false emergency inside the justice facility over his hand held radio from his home, putting custody staff in danger as they responded to a non-existent emergency. The sustained charge was unprofessional conduct.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Doug Johnson was suspended for 10 days when he called in a false emergency inside the justice facility over his hand held radio from his home putting custody staff in danger by responding to a non-existent emergency
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 1468. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩