Major discipline · 2025[1]
Separated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) General Causes (12) HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, A9 - Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Fekkia Bryant called out sick and refused to work mandatory overtime on numerous dates between May and September 2025 at New Jersey State Prison without sufficient sick leave. The Department of Corrections deemed this chronic or excessive absenteeism. Bryant signed a settlement agreement on 9/17/25 for a resignation in good standing while a disciplinary matter was pending.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 5/18/25, 5/23/25, 5/25/25, 5/26/25, 5/27/25, 5/31/25, 6/2/25, 6/3/25, 6/6/25, 6/7/25, 6/8/25, 6/13/25, 6/14/25, 6/21/25, 6/27/25, 6/28/25, 7/7/25, 7/12/25, 8/17/25, 8/19/25, 8/22/25, 8/23/25, 8/24/25, 8/25/25, 8/26/25, 8/29/25, 8/30/25, 8/31/25, 9/1/25, 9/2/25, and 9/5/25, New Jersey State Prison's Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Fekkia Bryant called out sick and refused to work mandatory overtime. SCPO Bryant did not have sufficient sick leave time to support the absences. This was deemed . SCPO Bryant signed a settlement agreement on 9/17/25 for a resignation in good standing.