Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Essex County Department of Corrections terminated Officer Emma Mendoza in 2025 on a sustained charge of chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness. According to the record, as of November 19, 2025, Mendoza had received a cumulative 23 minor suspension days for numerous policy and rules violations during her one-year probationary period. She was separated due to unsatisfactory work performance at the end of the working test period.
As of November 19, 2025, Officer Mendoza received a cumulative amount of 23 minor suspension days for numerous policy and department rules and regulations violations during her one-year probationary period. Officer Mendoza was separated due to unsatisfactory work performance at the end of the working test period.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Similar records
AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee;
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Emma Mendoza's major discipline record?
The Essex County Department of Corrections terminated Officer Emma Mendoza in 2025 on a sustained charge of chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness. According to the record, as of November 19, 2025, Mendoza had received a cumulative 23 minor suspension days for numerous policy and rules violations during her one-year probationary period. She was separated due to unsatisfactory work performance at the end of the working test period.
What is Emma Mendoza's major discipline record at Essex County Corrections?
Emma Mendoza has one major discipline record at Essex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Emma Mendoza's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Emma Mendoza's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
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 Emma Mendoza individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 299. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩