Senior Correctional Police Officer Hunter Mercurio called out sick on numerous dates between 2/24/25 and 4/16/25 at New Jersey State Prison without sufficient sick leave to support the absences, the Dept Of Corrections reported. The absences were deemed chronic and excessive absenteeism. Mercurio signed a Last Chance settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on 6/12/2025.
On 2/24/25, 2/28/25, 3/1/25, 3/4/25, 3/7/25, 3/30/25, 4/9/25, 4/12/25, 4/13/25 and 4/16/25, New Jersey State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Hunter Mercurio called out sick. SCPO Mercurio did not have sufficient sick leave time to support the absences. This was deemed to be chronic and . SCPO Mercurio signed a Last Chance settlement agreement on this matter for a 15-day suspension on 6/12/2025.
Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Hunter Mercurio, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/hunter-mercurio-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Hunter Mercurio's major discipline record?
Senior Correctional Police Officer Hunter Mercurio called out sick on numerous dates between 2/24/25 and 4/16/25 at New Jersey State Prison without sufficient sick leave to support the absences, the Dept Of Corrections reported. The absences were deemed chronic and excessive absenteeism. Mercurio signed a Last Chance settlement agreement for a 15-day suspension on 6/12/2025.
What is Hunter Mercurio's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Hunter Mercurio 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.
What is Hunter Mercurio's base salary on record?
Hunter Mercurio's reported base salary is $60,862, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Hunter Mercurio has 2 years, 3 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Hunter Mercurio 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 Hunter Mercurio individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 681. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213790, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[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/. ↩