Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Burlington County Prosecutor's Office · 1 record · 2021
Suspended 20 days2021 · as reported
Detective Jessica Petersen of the Burlington County Prosecutors Office was suspended for one month, twenty working days, in a 2021 case for violations of rules, regulations, directives or standard operating procedures. The record states Petersen engaged in harassing conduct. The agency did not report whether any other sanction was imposed.
Major discipline · 2021[1]
Suspended 20 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Det. Petersen was suspended for one month (twenty working days) for violations of rules, regulations, directives or Standard Operating Procedures. The detective engaged in harassing conduct.
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Raymond Sosa · Aberdeen Township Police Department · 2021
Suspended 19 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Kevin Craig · Absecon City Police Department · 2021
Suspended 15 daysSustained charge(s): Performance of Duty
same year · similar sanction outcome
Jonathan Diorio · Asbury Park Police Department · 2021
Suspended 52 dayssame year · similar sanction outcome
Martina Martin · Atlantic City Police Department · 2021
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Evidence & Property Control
same year · similar sanction outcome
Warren Young · Atlantic City Police Department · 2021
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Neglect of Duty
same year · similar sanction outcome
2 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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Police Transparency NJ, "Jessica Petersen, Burlington County Prosecutor's Office," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/jessica-petersen-burlington-co-prosecutors-office/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Detective Jessica Petersen of the Burlington County Prosecutors Office was suspended for one month, twenty working days, in a 2021 case for violations of rules, regulations, directives or standard operating procedures. The record states Petersen engaged in harassing conduct. The agency did not report whether any other sanction was imposed.
Jessica Petersen has one major discipline record at Burlington County Prosecutor's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Burlington County Prosecutor's Office reported 46 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Jessica Petersen individually.