Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
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 · 2025[1]
Suspended 180 daysSynopsis 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.
Jayden Clavijo · Hudson County Sheriff's Department · 2025
Suspended 10 daysSustained 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 daysSustained 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 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Jonathan Olivo · Hudson County Sheriff's Department · 2024
Suspended 182 daysSustained charge(s): Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee
same agency · similar sanction outcome
Antonio Lucia · Hudson County Sheriff's Department · 2023
Suspended 180 daysSustained charge(s): 4a. Other Sufficient Cause
same agency · similar sanction outcome
16 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Francine Shelton, Hudson County Sheriff's Department," last updated 2026-09-07, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/francine-shelton-hudson-co-sheriffs-dept/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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.
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.