Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer James Pagano was suspended for 20 days by the Hudson County Department of Corrections in 2023. The agency reported that Pagano was marked Absent No Pay on 8/1/2022 after calling out after the one-hour grace period. He then requested vacation days for 8/15, 16, 19, 20 and 21 without enough vacation time in his balance, did not report to work on those days and was again marked Absent No Pay. The sustained charges were chronic or excessive absenteeism, insubordination and neglect of duty.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Pagano was marked Absent No Pay (ANP) on 8/1/2022 after calling out after the one-hour grace period. Subsequently, he requested vacation days for 8/15, 16, 19 20 and 21 without having enough vacation time in his time off balance. He did not report to work on those days and was marked as ANP.
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 1717. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩