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Jesus Nieves

Cumberland County Sheriff's Department · 2 records · 2022, 2024

Suspended 90 daysmost recent record, 2024 · as reported

Nieves has 2 sustained major discipline records from Cumberland Co Sheriff'S Dept, spanning 2022 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming a Sheriff's Officer; Conduct Unbecoming.

Discipline timeline, 2022 to 2024

AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.

2 records, 2022 to 2024

Major discipline records reported for Jesus Nieves, by year
YearRecordsMost serious sanction reported
20221Suspension
20230No record published
20241Suspension
  • Suspension

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 90 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Jesus Nieves was suspended for 90 days by the Cumberland County Sheriffs Office. On or about November 9, 2021, Nieves was less than diligent while on a detail at a rehabilitation center with an inmate. He removed his duty belt and placed it on an empty bed located near the inmate. Nieves was also observed sleeping while his duty belt was on the bed.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On or about November 9, 2021, Officer Nieves was less than diligent while on a detail at the rehabilitation center with an inmate. Officer Nieves removed his duty belt and placed it on an empty bed located near the inmate. Officer Nieves was also observed sleeping while his duty belt was on the bed.

Major discipline · 2022[2]

Suspended 90 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Officer Jesus Nieves was suspended for 90 days by the Cumberland County Sheriffs Office. Nieves was assigned to work a shift at a rehabilitation center, providing custody of an inmate incarcerated at the Cumberland County Department of Corrections who was a patient there. During his shift, Nieves removed his duty belt, with weapon, baton, handcuffs and OC spray attached, and placed it on the empty bed next to the inmate. He then rested his feet on the empty bed while sitting in a chair and went to sleep.

Rank as reported
Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
a Sheriff's Officer
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Sheriff€™s Officer Jesus Nieves was assigned to work a shift at a rehabilitation Center. Officer Nieves was to provide custody of an inmate, incarcerated at the Cumberland County Department of Corrections, who was a patient at the rehabilitation center. During his shift, Officer Nieves removed his duty belt, with weapon, baton, handcuffs, and OC (pepper) spray attached, and placed all on the empty bed next to the inmate. He then rested his feet on the empty bed, while sitting in a chair, and went to sleep.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.
  • Andy Garcia · Cumberland County Sheriff's Department · 2025

    Suspended 45 days

    Sustained charge(s): CONDUCT UNBECOMING

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael DiBona · Allenhurst Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 30 days

    Sustained charge(s): Prohibited activity on duty.

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • William Reng · Asbury Park Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 5 days

    Sustained charge(s): Body Worn Camera Policy Violation

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Vega · Atlantic City Police Department · 2024

    Suspended 90 days

    Sustained charge(s): Other Rule Violation; Prohibited Acts on-Duty & Other Rule Violation; Standards of Conduct

    same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Warren Young · Atlantic City Police Department · 2024

    Suspended (days not reported)

    Sustained charge(s): Standards of Conduct / Obedience to Laws and Regulations / Other Criminal Violation - Domestic Violence

    same year · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Cumberland County Sheriff's Department

2 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Jesus Nieves's major discipline record?

Nieves has 2 sustained major discipline records from Cumberland Co Sheriff'S Dept, spanning 2022 to 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: Conduct unbecoming a Sheriff's Officer; Conduct Unbecoming.

What is Jesus Nieves's major discipline record at Cumberland County Sheriff's Department?

Jesus Nieves has 2 major discipline records at Cumberland County Sheriff's Department in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022, 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1046. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2140. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  3. [3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1046. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 1046, 2140.