Suspended 15 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Cochran has 5 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Unsatisfactory Attendance; Unsatisfactory Attendance; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism.
Discipline timeline, 2023 to 2025
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5 records, 2023 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Jerome Cochran, by year
Senior Correctional Police Officer Jerome Cochran called out sick on 6/11/25 at South Woods State Prison without sufficient leave time and was placed in no-pay status. The Department of Corrections deemed this excessive and chronic absenteeism. On 8/21/25, Cochran received a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 15-day suspension.
On 6/11/25 South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Jerome Cochran called out sick. SCPO Cochran did not have sufficient leave time on that date and was therefore placed in “no-pay” status. This is deemed excessive and chronic absenteeism. On 8/21/25, SCPO Cochran was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 15-day suspension.
On 7/16/25, 7/22/25, and 7/23/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Jerome Cochran called out sick at South Woods State Prison without sufficient leave time and was placed in no-pay status. The Department of Corrections deemed this excessive and chronic absenteeism. Cochran received a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 15-day suspension on 8/21/25.
On 7/16/25, 7/22/25, and 7/23/25, South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Jerome Cochran called out sick. SCPO Cochran did not have sufficient leave time on that date and was therefore placed in no-pay status. This is deemed excessive and chronic absenteeism. On 8/21/25, SCPO Cochran was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 15-day suspension.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Jerome Cochran called out sick on several dates in March 2025 at South Woods State Prison without sufficient leave time and was placed in no-pay status. The Department of Corrections deemed this excessive and chronic absenteeism. On 8/21/25, Cochran received a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 15-day suspension.
On 3/9/25, 3/15/25, 3/16/25, 3/22/25, 3/23/25, 3/29/25, and 3/30/25, South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Jerome Cochran called out sick. SCPO Cochran did not have sufficient leave time on that date and was therefore placed in no-pay status. This is deemed excessive and chronic absenteeism. On 8/21/25, SCPO Cochran was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 15-day suspension.
SCPO Jerome Cochran was suspended for 15 days by the Dept Of Corrections for unsatisfactory attendance. According to the record, Cochran called off sick with no sick time to cover the absence, and the absence was not covered by FMLA or FLA. The record noted it was his fourth attendance infraction in a two year period.
Note: this source row is identical, field for field, to row 1897 of the same file. It may be a duplicate submission by the agency. Both rows are shown exactly as reported.
Plain-language summary
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SCPO Jerome Cochran was suspended for 15 days by the Dept Of Corrections in an unsatisfactory attendance matter. The record states that Cochran called off sick with no sick time available to cover the absence, and that the absence was not covered by FMLA or FLA. It was cited as a fourth attendance infraction within a two year period.
Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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.
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What is a summary of Jerome Cochran's major discipline record?
Cochran has 5 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2023 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Unsatisfactory Attendance; Unsatisfactory Attendance; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive absenteeism.
What is Jerome Cochran's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Jerome Cochran has 5 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Jerome Cochran's base salary on record?
Jerome Cochran's reported base salary is $99,173, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Jerome Cochran has 11 years of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Jerome Cochran 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 Jerome Cochran individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 578. 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 579. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 580. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[4]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1897. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[5]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1904. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[6]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 578. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 578, 579, 580, 1897, 1904. ↩
[7]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 215765, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[8]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/. ↩