Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Corrections Officer Frank James was terminated by the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2021. The record cites conduct unbecoming a public employee and states that James introduced contraband into the facility and falsified log book entries.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer James was terminated from employment for (6) a public employee; introducing contraband into the facility and falsifying log book entries.
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.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2532. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩