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Elmis Merino

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2025

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 10 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer
Sustained charge(s)
(a) General Causes (4) or lateness HRB 84-17, as amended A1- Unsatisfactory attendance. A13a- Unexcused lateness of less than (15 minutes ( (3 times in a (30 day period).
Separated while IA pending
No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

On 9/17/25, 9/19/25 and 9/26/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Elmis Merino was late for duty at Northern State Prison, the Dept Of Corrections reported. Merino violated a department policy prohibiting lateness more than two times in a thirty-day period. He signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on 10/28/25.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 9/17/25, 9/19/25 and 9/26/25, Northern State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Elmis Merino was late for duty. SCPO Merino violated the New Jersey Department of Correction’s (NJDOC) policy that prohibits lateness of more than two times in a thirty-day period. SCPO Merino signed a settlement agreement for a 10-day suspension on 10/28/25.

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
19 years, 2 months

How to read this

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Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 682. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213357, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/.