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Jason Berry

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 60 days2024 · as reported

On 8/15/24, the Department of Transportation reported that two incarcerated persons on Correctional Police Sergeant Jason Berry's detail crew relieved themselves in plain sight. An investigation found the crew was in an unauthorized location, that Berry had no knowledge of the crew's location and failed to inspect it, and that he failed to sign the log book on multiple dates in April, May, July and August 2024. The detail crew also traveled through South Jersey shore towns it was not authorized to visit. Berry signed a settlement agreement on 12/23/24.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 60 days
Rank as reported
Correctional Police Sergeant (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee (a)(7) N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . B2:
  • loafing
  • idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks that could result in danger to persons or property. B8: Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On August 15, 2024 a complaint was received by the NJ Department of Transportation that two Incarcerated Persons on Sgt. Berry's detail crew were relieving themselves in plain sight. An investigation determined that the detail officer and the Incarcerated Persons were in an unauthorized location and the Incarcerated Persons were permitted to relieve themselves in the area. The investigation further revealed that Sgt. Berry had no knowledge of the location of the detail crew and he failed to perform an inspection on that date. The investigation also revealed that Sgt. Berry failed to sign the log book on multiple dates throughout the months of April, May July and August 2024. The investigation also revealed that Sgt. Berry's detail crew traveled through various South Jersey shore towns that they were not authorized to travel to. Sgt. Berry's neglect resulted in a risk to the safety and security of the Incarcerated Persons assigned to the detail crew as well as members of the general public. Sgt. Berry signed a settlement agreement on this matter on December 23, 2024.

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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.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$119,844
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
16 years, 3 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 Jason Berry's major discipline record?

On 8/15/24, the Department of Transportation reported that two incarcerated persons on Correctional Police Sergeant Jason Berry's detail crew relieved themselves in plain sight. An investigation found the crew was in an unauthorized location, that Berry had no knowledge of the crew's location and failed to inspect it, and that he failed to sign the log book on multiple dates in April, May, July and August 2024. The detail crew also traveled through South Jersey shore towns it was not authorized to visit. Berry signed a settlement agreement on 12/23/24.

What is Jason Berry's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Jason Berry has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Jason Berry's base salary on record?

Jason Berry's reported base salary is $119,844, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Jason Berry has 16 years, 3 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Jason Berry 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 Jason Berry individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1294. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214576, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
  3. [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/. ↩