Senior Correctional Police Officer Giuseppe Mandara was terminated, the Dept Of Corrections reported. On 8/23/19, Mandara assaulted an incarcerated person in a sally port at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, and that person was found deceased days later. Mandara also abandoned his keys and radio. He was criminally charged with official misconduct and pled guilty to third degree aggravated assault. He entered a consent order forfeiting his public employment and was barred from future public employment, and his employment was terminated.
(a) General Causes (3) (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17
as amended C3- Physical or mental abuse or an inmate
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or employee. C11 - an employee D7 - Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security E1 - Violation of a rule
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order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 8/23/19, the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Giuseppe Mandara assaulted an incarcerated person in a sally port. The incarcerated person was found deceased days later. Further, SCPO Mandara abandoned his equipment, including keys and radio in a manner that violated departmental policy and procedure. On 6/27/23, SCPO Mandara was criminally charged with Official Misconduct N.J.S.A. 2C:30-2 stemming from an incident that occurred at the ADTC on 8/23/19. This incident led to SCPO Mandara forfeiting his employment with the New Jersey Department of Corrections. During a criminal court plea hearing on 12/3/24, SCPO Mandara pled guilty to N.J.S.A. 12-1(b) Aggravated Assault (3rd degree), admitting he attempted to cause significant bodily injury to the victim. On 12/9/25, under the terms of the criminal plea agreement reached with the New Jersey Office of Attorney General, SCPO Mandara entered into a consent order to forfeit his public employment and he was barred from any future public employment or office. This matter was filed with the Superior Court in Union County. The Police Training Commission suspended his law enforcement license concurrent with the discipline and a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action was issued on 4/15/25 and his employment terminated.
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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.
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Giuseppe Mandara's major discipline record?
Senior Correctional Police Officer Giuseppe Mandara was terminated, the Dept Of Corrections reported. On 8/23/19, Mandara assaulted an incarcerated person in a sally port at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center, and that person was found deceased days later. Mandara also abandoned his keys and radio. He was criminally charged with official misconduct and pled guilty to third degree aggravated assault. He entered a consent order forfeiting his public employment and was barred from future public employment, and his employment was terminated.
What is Giuseppe Mandara's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Giuseppe Mandara has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Giuseppe Mandara's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Giuseppe Mandara's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2025.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Giuseppe Mandara 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 Giuseppe Mandara individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 671. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩