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Francine Shelton

Hudson County Sheriff's Department · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 180 days2025 · as reported

Undersheriff Francine Shelton received a 180-day suspension from the Hudson County Sheriffs Office in 2025. The record states Shelton did not update her mandatory handgun qualification and use of force courses since 2019 as required by the agency and Attorney General guidelines. Sustained charges were failure to perform duties and conduct unbecoming a public employee.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 180 days
Rank as reported
Undersheriff (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Failure to Perform Duties
  • a Public Employee
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

US Shelton did not update her Mandatory handgun qualification and Use of force courses since 2019 as required by the agency and AG Guidelines.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Jayden Clavijo · Hudson County Sheriff's Department · 2025

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination, General Causes, Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness, Neglect of Duty, Other Sufficient Cause

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • David Fontanez · Hudson County Sheriff's Department · 2025

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee, Neglect of Duty, and Other Sufficient Cause

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jonathan Olivo · Hudson County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Jonathan Olivo · Hudson County Sheriff's Department · 2024

    Suspended 182 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Antonio Lucia · Hudson County Sheriff's Department · 2023

    Suspended 180 days

    Sustained charge(s): 4a. Other Sufficient Cause

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Hudson County Sheriff's Department

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

All 16 at the Hudson County Sheriff's Department page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. 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. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Francine Shelton's major discipline record?

Undersheriff Francine Shelton received a 180-day suspension from the Hudson County Sheriffs Office in 2025. The record states Shelton did not update her mandatory handgun qualification and use of force courses since 2019 as required by the agency and Attorney General guidelines. Sustained charges were failure to perform duties and conduct unbecoming a public employee.

What is Francine Shelton's major discipline record at Hudson County Sheriff's Department?

Francine Shelton has one major discipline record at Hudson County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 372. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.