Major discipline · 2024[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- Sheriff's Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Criminal Conviction
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Sheriff's Officer Jeffrey Benedict marked one of his body-worn camera videos for deletion on December 12, 2023, shortly before his internal affairs interview, using login credentials assigned only to him; the video had evidentiary value to that investigation. Benedict pled guilty to Tampering with Records, a crime of the 4th degree, in Monmouth County Superior Court on April 24, 2024. He was terminated and forfeited his position as a Sheriff's Officer.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
S/O Benedict marked one of his BWC videos for deletion on December 12, 2023, just prior to his internal affairs interview. This video had evidentiary value to his internal affairs investigation. S/O Benedict signed in with his own username and password, specifically assigned to him and no one else, therefore destroying any evidence of wrongdoing. Sheriff’s Officer Jeffrey Benedict pled guilty to Tampering with Records (a crime of the 4th degree) in Monmouth County Superior Court, on April 24, 2024 in front of Judge Cagan. The subject was discharged from employment after he permanently forfeited his position as a Sheriff’s Officer.