Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 10 days- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (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. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Jerome Johnson was suspended for 10 days by the Dept Of Corrections. On December 8, 2023, Johnson submitted a report stating that he had searched a cell. Later that day, two manufactured weapons and a handcuff key were found in that same cell. Body worn camera footage showed that Johnson did not search the cell thoroughly, which he later admitted. He signed a settlement agreement on June 11, 2024.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On December 8, 2023, Officer Johnson submitted a report that he searched a cell. Later that day, two manufactured weapons and a handcuff key were found in that same cell. Body Worn Camera Footage revealed that Officer Johnson did not search the cell thoroughly and was later admitted to by Officer Johnson. Officer Johnson signed a settlement agreement on this matter on June 11, 2024.