Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Hudson County Department of Corrections terminated Officer Ely Brown in 2023. The agency reported that Brown was inattentive to his duties as a corrections officer by using his cellphone while working. The sustained charges were incompetency, insubordination, conduct unbecoming and neglect of duty.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Brown was inattentive to his duties as a Corrections Officer by utilizing his cellphone while working.
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 1713. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩