In a separate 2024 matter, the Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Emea Chery for 10 days. An August 1, 2024 investigation determined that Chery was insubordinate to her immediate supervisors when she refused to answer a question about a threat made toward her. When a sergeant later called her by phone seeking the same information, she again refused and stated she would answer only in front of a union representative. The sustained charge was insubordination.
(a)(2) (a)(12) . C9. : intentional disobedience or refusal to accept order
assaulting or resisting authority
disrespect or use of insulting or abusive language to a supervisor. E1: Violation of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order
or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On August 1, 2024 an investigation determined that Officer Cherry was insubordinate to her immediate supervisors. Specifically, she refused to answer a question relating to a threat made toward her. Officer Cherry was then called over the phone by a Sergeant where he also tried to gain information about the threat made towards her. Officer Cherry again refused to answer the questions asked to her by her supervisors and stated she would only answer questions in front of a Union Representative.
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Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a…
same agency · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Emea Chery's major discipline record?
In a separate 2024 matter, the Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Emea Chery for 10 days. An August 1, 2024 investigation determined that Chery was insubordinate to her immediate supervisors when she refused to answer a question about a threat made toward her. When a sergeant later called her by phone seeking the same information, she again refused and stated she would answer only in front of a union representative. The sustained charge was insubordination.
What is Emea Chery's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Emea Chery 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.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Emea Chery 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 Emea Chery individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1340. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩