Banks III has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a termination. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 3. Inability to perform duties. N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C11: Conduct unbecoming 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; N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C3. Physical or mental abuse of an inmate, patient, client, resident or employee. C5. Inappropriate physical contact or mistreatment of an inmate, patient, client, resident or employee. C8: Falsification: intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work, employment application, attendance, or in any record, report, investigation, or other proceeding. C11: Conduct unbecoming 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.
The Department of Corrections terminated Senior Correctional Police Officer J. T. Banks III in 2024 after the Police Training Commission revoked his license and found him unfit for his position. On February 6, 2023, Banks was charged with aggravated assault for using excessive force on an inmate at South Woods State Prison, including administering OC spray and kicking the inmate in the head, and with tampering with public records for submitting false statements in reports about his use of force.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 3. . N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . 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
The Police Training Commission has revoked Officer Banks' license, and as such is deemed unfit for his position within the NJDOC. His inability to hold a valid PTC license is considered an employee and violates pertinent rules and regulations of the NJDOC. Specifically, on 2/6/2023, the Officer was charged with a violation of NJSA 2C: 12-1(b)7, Aggravated Assault, for attempting to cause serious bodily injury to an inmate at South Woods State Prison, by using excessive force (administering OC spray on the inmate and kicking the inmate in the head) as well as NJSA 2C:28-7(a)2, Tampering with public records, for submitting false statements in reports to Administration at South Woods State Prison concerning his use of force against an inmate.
On November 1, 2023, Senior Correctional Police Officer J. T. Banks III was arrested for an incident at South Woods State Prison. On February 6, 2023, Banks was charged with aggravated assault for using excessive force on an inmate, including administering OC spray and kicking the inmate in the head, and with tampering with public records for submitting false statements in reports about his use of force. The Department of Corrections terminated him.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C3. Physical or mental abuse of an inmate
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resident or employee. C5. Inappropriate physical contact or mistreatment of an inmate
patient
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resident or employee. C8: Falsification: intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work
employment application
attendance
or in any record
report
investigation
or other proceeding. 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 November 1, 2023 Officer Banks was arrested for an incident that took place at South Woods State Prison. he was involved in at South Woods State Prison. On February 6, 2023, the Officer was charged with a violation of NJSA 2C: 12-1(b)7, Aggravated Assault, for attempting to cause serious bodily injury to an inmate at South Woods State Prison, by using excessive force (administering OC spray on the inmate and kicking the inmate in the head); as well as NJSA 2C:28-7(a)2, Tampering with public records, for submitting false statements in reports to Administration at South Woods State Prison concerning his use of force against an inmate.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of J. T. Banks III's major discipline record?
Banks III has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a termination. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 3. Inability to perform duties. N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C11: Conduct unbecoming 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; N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C3. Physical or mental abuse of an inmate, patient, client, resident or employee. C5. Inappropriate physical contact or mistreatment of an inmate, patient, client, resident or employee. C8: Falsification: intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work, employment application, attendance, or in any record, report, investigation, or other proceeding. C11: Conduct unbecoming 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.
What is J. T. Banks III's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
J. T. Banks III has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does J. T. Banks III's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of J. T. Banks III's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department J. T. Banks III 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 J. T. Banks III individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1318. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1319. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[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/. ↩