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Janaysia James

Middlesex County Sheriff's Department · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 25 days2024 · as reported

Sheriff's Officer Janaysia James was suspended for 25 days by the Middlesex County Sheriffs Office in 2024. James was assigned to a hospital detail from 2300 hours on July 16, 2024, to 0700 hours on July 17, 2024, and during the shift left her post three times for more than one hour and seventeen minutes total. Video showed James wearing a non-issued sweatshirt while on duty and not wearing her department-issued body armor or body worn camera. The sustained charges were not reported.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 25 days
Rank as reported
Sheriff's Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not reported
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer James was assigned to a hospital detail at SPUH from 2300hrs on July 16, 2024, to 0700hrs on July 17, 2024. During the shift, Officer James left her post three different times totaling in excess of one hour and seventeen minutes. When Officer James leaves her post, she is seen on video exiting the ICU Unit on the 5th floor, leaving the 5th floor itself, exiting the hospital building and walking outside away from the building. Officer James is also observed on video wearing a non-issued sweatshirt while on duty and not wearing her department issued body armor or her body worn camera.

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Other officers at Middlesex County Sheriff's Department

16 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 16 at the Middlesex County Sheriff's Department page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$76,700
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
6 years, 8 months

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 Janaysia James's major discipline record?

Sheriff's Officer Janaysia James was suspended for 25 days by the Middlesex County Sheriffs Office in 2024. James was assigned to a hospital detail from 2300 hours on July 16, 2024, to 0700 hours on July 17, 2024, and during the shift left her post three times for more than one hour and seventeen minutes total. Video showed James wearing a non-issued sweatshirt while on duty and not wearing her department-issued body armor or body worn camera. The sustained charges were not reported.

What is Janaysia James's major discipline record at Middlesex County Sheriff's Department?

Janaysia James has one major discipline record at Middlesex County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Janaysia James's base salary on record?

Janaysia James's reported base salary is $76,700, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Janaysia James has 6 years, 8 months of reported service.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1184. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 247706, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩