Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Essex County Corrections · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 90 days2021 · as reported
Sergeant Eddie Blount received a 90-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2021. The record states that Blount was suspended for losing his weapon, cited as conduct unbecoming a public employee. The agency did not provide a formal list of sustained charges beyond this description.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 90 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Sergeant Blount was suspended for losing his weapon.4A2-2.3(6) a public employee.
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Byron Dunn · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 120 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Divine Gordon · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 75 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Wali Gibson · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 120 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Shante Curry · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 60 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Varick Jackson · Essex County Corrections · 2021
Suspended 31 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
57 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Eddie Blount, Essex County Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/eddie-blount-essex-co-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Sergeant Eddie Blount received a 90-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2021. The record states that Blount was suspended for losing his weapon, cited as conduct unbecoming a public employee. The agency did not provide a formal list of sustained charges beyond this description.
Eddie Blount has one major discipline record at Essex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.