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Frederick Harris

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 15 days2024 · as reported

Correctional Police Lieutenant Frederick Harris was suspended for 15 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On January 20, 2024, Harris was involved in a cell extraction in the Restrictive Housing Unit. Harris did not wait for an Internal Affairs investigator before the person was escorted out, did not pat or strip search the person, did not call the proper code when the person complained of chest pain, and removed the handcuffs in front of non-custody staff. Harris also did not activate his body worn camera.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 15 days
Rank as reported
Correctional Police Lieutenant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . B8: Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. C11: an employee. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On January 20, 2024 Lieutenant Harris was involved with a cell extraction in an Incarcerated Person within the Restrictive Housing Unit. Lt. Harris did not wait for an Internal Affairs Investigator, but instead had him escorted out of the unit before the investigator arrived. Lt. Harris did not pat search or strip search the Incarcerated Person prior to removing him from the unit. Lt. Harris did not call the proper code when the Incarcerated Person complained of chest pain, and then proceeded to remove their handcuffs in front of other non custody staff which presented a threat of danger to them. Finally, Lt. Harris did not activate his body worn camera as per the appropriate policy when interacting with an Incarcerated Person. Lt. Harris signed a settlement agreement on this matter on March 20, 2024.

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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
$7,775.65
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$7,775.65
Final salary basis
$143,550
Retired
January 2026
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
25 years

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 (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Frederick Harris's major discipline record?

Correctional Police Lieutenant Frederick Harris was suspended for 15 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On January 20, 2024, Harris was involved in a cell extraction in the Restrictive Housing Unit. Harris did not wait for an Internal Affairs investigator before the person was escorted out, did not pat or strip search the person, did not call the proper code when the person complained of chest pain, and removed the handcuffs in front of non-custody staff. Harris also did not activate his body worn camera.

What is Frederick Harris's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Frederick Harris has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Frederick Harris's pension on record?

Frederick Harris's reported monthly pension allowance is $7,775.65, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Frederick Harris has 25 years of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Frederick Harris 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 Frederick Harris individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1403. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 375409 (member 44374267), 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/. ↩