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Duane Dare

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 90 days2024 · as reported

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Duane Dare for 90 days in 2024. On August 15, 2024, the New Jersey Department of Transportation reported that two incarcerated persons on Dare's detail crew were relieving themselves in plain sight. An investigation found that Dare and the crew were in an unauthorized location and had traveled through various South Jersey shore towns they were not authorized to visit. The sustained charges included neglect of duty and misuse of public property. Dare signed a settlement agreement on October 17, 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 90 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee (a)(7) (a)(8)
  • including motor vehicles N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . B2:
  • loafing
  • idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks that could result in danger to persons or property. B8: Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. B9: Incompetence or inefficacy. C11: an employee. D4: improper or unauthorized contact with inmate - undue familiarity with inmates
  • parolees
  • their families or friends. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. D11: including motor vehicles used for unauthorized or unofficial purposes. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On August 15, 2024 a complaint was received by the NJ Department of Transportation that two Incarcerated Persons on Officer Dare's detail crew were relieving themselves in plain sight. An investigation determined that the Officer Dare and the Incarcerated Persons were in an unauthorized location and the Incarcerated Persons were permitted to relieve themselves in the area. The investigation also revealed that Officer Dare's detail crew traveled through various South Jersey shore towns that they were not authorized to travel to. Officer Dare's actions resulted in a risk to the safety and security of the Incarcerated Persons assigned to the detail crew as well as members of the general public. Officer Dare signed a settlement agreement on this matter on October 17, 2024.

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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

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$114,697
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
20 years, 2 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Duane Dare's major discipline record?

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Duane Dare for 90 days in 2024. On August 15, 2024, the New Jersey Department of Transportation reported that two incarcerated persons on Dare's detail crew were relieving themselves in plain sight. An investigation found that Dare and the crew were in an unauthorized location and had traveled through various South Jersey shore towns they were not authorized to visit. The sustained charges included neglect of duty and misuse of public property. Dare signed a settlement agreement on October 17, 2024.

What is Duane Dare's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Duane Dare has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Duane Dare's base salary on record?

Duane Dare's reported base salary is $114,697, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Duane Dare has 20 years, 2 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Duane Dare 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 Duane Dare individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1342. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214615, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]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/. ↩