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Ernest Farley

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2020

Terminated2020 · as reported

Lieutenant Ernest Farley was terminated by the Department Of Corrections in 2020. According to the record, Roselle Park Police responded to a residence on July 24, 2020 for a harassment complaint under NJSA 2C:22-4, and an investigation found a Facebook exchange in which Farley posted a profane message telling a civilian to kill themselves and identified himself as an NJDOC supervisor. He was not demoted or suspended, and other sanctions were not reported.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2020[1]

Terminated
Rank as reported
Lieutenant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not applicable
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Roselle Park Police responded to--a--residence--on--July--24, 2020--in--response--to--a--complaint--of--Harassment--(NJSA--2c:22-4).--Included--in--the--complaint--narrative--of--the--Police--Report--was--the--following:--the--civilian--wished--to--document--an--incident--to--prevent--her--having--repercussions--as--her--children--also--live--in--Toms--River--NJ.--She--also--stated that--due--to--the officer --being--in--law--enforcement--officer--who--is--armed--she--does--not--know--what--the officer --are--capable--of--doing.--The--investigation--revealed--that--in--an--exchange--on----the officer r--social--media--account--FB--with--a--civilian--the officer --made--the--following--statement:--"Hey--stupid,--shut--the--f***--up--and--go--kill--the officer rself--the officer --ignorant sack--of--s****. The officer support--a--traitor--and--a--coward--and--invoke--Jesus--name.--F***--the officer --oh,--by--the--way--I--am--a--police--Supervisor--and--i--don't--want--scum--like--the officer --backing--me." The--civilian--responded, "Good--job--for--a--LT.--for--the--NJDOC."--The officer admitted--to--identifying--the officer rself--as--a--CPL--for--the--NJDOC--on--the officer r--public--FB--page.

Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.

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Other officers at Department Of Corrections

433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$4,722.89
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$4,722.89
Final salary basis
$113,349
Retired
July 2023
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
22 years, 6 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Cite this page

Police Transparency NJ, "Ernest Farley, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/ernest-farley-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Ernest Farley's major discipline record?

Lieutenant Ernest Farley was terminated by the Department Of Corrections in 2020. According to the record, Roselle Park Police responded to a residence on July 24, 2020 for a harassment complaint under NJSA 2C:22-4, and an investigation found a Facebook exchange in which Farley posted a profane message telling a civilian to kill themselves and identified himself as an NJDOC supervisor. He was not demoted or suspended, and other sanctions were not reported.

What is Ernest Farley's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Ernest Farley has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Ernest Farley's record show a termination?

Yes. At least one of Ernest Farley's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2020.

What is Ernest Farley's pension on record?

Ernest Farley's reported monthly pension allowance is $4,722.89, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Ernest Farley has 22 years, 6 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Ernest Farley 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 Ernest Farley individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2948. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 347182 (member 44326790), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [3]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/. ↩