Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Jodi Smith

NJ Department Of Human Services · 1 record · 2023

About this data

Records on this page come from the Attorney General's major discipline releases: final, post-appeal discipline as reported by the employing agency. They are sustained charges, not allegations.
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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Other sanction

Rank as reported: Officer
Sustained charge(s): ; Falsification; Negligence in performing duty; of a Public Employee; False/Misleading Statements; Performance- or ; Serious mistake due to carelessness which would result in danger and/or injury to persons or property; Failure to take police action.
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

Officer Jodi Smith was the subject of sustained findings by the NJ Department of Human Services in 2023. On October 20, 2022, Smith failed to act or intervene while an active assault occurred in her presence, an incident that was captured on video. Smith was also sustained for falsification after her statements conflicted with the footage and her written report. The agency initially sought her removal, and the matter was settled as a general resignation.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On October 20th 2022, while during the course of her duties, Officer Jodi Smith failed to act and/or intervene while an active assault occured in her presence. This incident was captured on video. Officer Smith was also sustained for falsification as a result of her internal investigation based on her statements in contrast to footage of the incident and written report. The agency initally sought removal of officer smith which was settled as a general resignation.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance: $3,822.66
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living): $3,822.66
Final salary basis: $91,744
Retired: December 2023
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 20 years, 3 months

How to read this

The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1959. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 350076 (member 44332254), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩