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.
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
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Separated while IA pending
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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.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Jerome Johnson's major discipline record?
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.
What is Jerome Johnson's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Jerome Johnson 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.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Jerome Johnson 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 Johnson individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1396. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩