Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023
Suspended 20 days2023 · as reported
Sgt Jerry Morales was suspended for 20 days by the Dept Of Corrections in 2023 for conduct unbecoming an employee and violation of a rule, regulation, policy or procedure. The record states Morales used OC spray on an inmate in violation of the Use of Force Policy. He also received training, coaching, or counseling.
Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 20 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Used OC Spray on inmate in violation of the Use of Force Policy;
Jerome Cochran · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Michael Cook · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jonathan Howard · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Jerome Cochran · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Brian Mikus · Department Of Corrections · 2023
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Violation of a rule. Regulation, policy or procedure
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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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Sgt Jerry Morales was suspended for 20 days by the Dept Of Corrections in 2023 for conduct unbecoming an employee and violation of a rule, regulation, policy or procedure. The record states Morales used OC spray on an inmate in violation of the Use of Force Policy. He also received training, coaching, or counseling.
Jerry Morales has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Jerry Morales's reported base salary is $125,972, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Jerry Morales has 20 years, 4 months of reported service.
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 Jerry Morales individually.