Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sergeant Ebony Mullin received a 150-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2023. The record states that on June 29, 2021, Mullin entered the Essex County Correctional Facility with a cellular phone and used it to take pictures of the secure Master Control area and of lieutenants inside the perimeter. Mullin later provided a false statement claiming she had the phone to contact her husband. Sustained charges included conduct unbecoming and giving false information.
Violation of Department Rules and Regulations: 3:1.32 Withholding information or giving false information
3:1.40 Photographs, Videos, Sound Recordings
3:7.7 Prohibition on Taking Photographs
3:7.10 Report and Bookings
3:10.5 Truthfulness
Separated while IA pending
not reported
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On June 29, 2021 at approximately 21:21:00 Sgt. Mullin exits the locker room door and walks towards the security checkpoint. Sgt. Mullin then stops near the cell sense machine with a cellular phone in her hand, and appears to take a picture; she then bypasses the cell sense machine and appears to take a second picture. The Security Officer asked Sgt. Mullin if she was taking a selfie to which she replied “no”. At approximately 21:22:22 a Officer from scheduling walks through the cell sense machine and witnesses Sgt. Mullins phone shuttering a few times taking pictures of Master Control/Center Control and in view were three Lieutenants at the Lieutenants desk. Further, in a memo dated 7/10/2021 and in a statement to an Investigator on Monday October 18, 2021 Sgt. Mullin provided a false statement in which she states the reason she had her cell phone was so she could gain reception to text and call her husband. In the audio review of the red door the Securtiy Officer asked Sgt. Mullin if she was trying to get signal to which she replied “oh, no”. Sgt. Mullin knowingly and willfully entered the Essex County Correctional Facility while in possession of an electronic device, specifically a “cellphone.” The cell phone was equipped with a video camera which was used to take pictures of inside the secure perimeter of the Essex County Correctional Facility and of Lieutenants inside the secure perimeter of the Essex County Correctional Facility. Sgt. Mullin used the cell phone to take pictures of an extremely secure and sensitive area “Master Control/Center Control” which not only has camera locations and monitors that randomly view different areas of the jail but is the operations hub for the entire facility.
Compensation and pension
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Ebony Mullin's major discipline record?
Sergeant Ebony Mullin received a 150-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2023. The record states that on June 29, 2021, Mullin entered the Essex County Correctional Facility with a cellular phone and used it to take pictures of the secure Master Control area and of lieutenants inside the perimeter. Mullin later provided a false statement claiming she had the phone to contact her husband. Sustained charges included conduct unbecoming and giving false information.
What is Ebony Mullin's major discipline record at Essex County Corrections?
Ebony Mullin has one major discipline record at Essex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Ebony Mullin's record show a termination?
The major discipline records shown here do not report a termination for Ebony Mullin at Essex County Corrections.
How does Essex County Corrections score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Essex County Corrections in the lowest fifth of peers of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Ebony Mullin individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1652. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩