Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 15 days- Rank as reported
- Correctional Police Sergeant
- Sustained charge(s)
- N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . A2b. Abandonment of job as a result of absence from work as scheduled without permission for 5 consecutive days.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Department of Corrections suspended Correctional Police Sergeant Ernest Brooks for 15 days in 2024. Brooks filed for disability retirement on March 30, 2023, withdrew the application in January 2024, and had not returned to work. Human Resources sent several letters offering him the options to resign, retire, or return to work, and Brooks failed to respond. He signed a settlement agreement on April 30, 2024. The sustained charge was job abandonment.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On March 30, 2023, Sergeant Brooks filed for disability retirement and subsequently withdrew his application in January 2024 and had not returned to work. Human Resources sent out several letters to Sergeant Brooks regarding his status and gave him the options to either resign, retire, or return to work. Sergeant Brooks failed to respond to these letters. Sergeant Brooks later signed a settlement agreement on this matter on April 30, 2024.