Major discipline · 2025[1]
Separated while IA pending- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) General Causes (3) (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17, as amended C11 - an employee D7 - Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision. N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1A(1) - Simple Assault N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4 - Harassment N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1B(13) - Aggravated Assault
- Separated while IA pending
- Yes
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer John Brown was criminally charged by the Howell Township Police Department on 3/21/23 with simple assault after he grabbed another individual's arm. Brown was also charged with harassment for telling a party protected under the Domestic Violence Act that he was going to slash her throat, and with aggravated assault for attempting to obstruct her breathing. On 7/7/25 he signed a settlement agreement withdrawing the administrative charges in exchange for retirement, and the Department of Corrections removed him on 7/8/25.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 3/21/23, Garden State Correctional Facility’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) John Brown was criminally charged by the Howell Township Police Department with a violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1A (1) - Simple Assault. Specifically, SCPO Brown grabbed the arm of another individual, causing an abrasion and redness to the back of the arm. SCPO Brown was also charged with N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4 - Harassment for telling the party protected under the Domestic Violence Act that he was going to slash her throat. Additionally, he was also charged with N.J.S.A. 2C:12-1B (13) - Aggravated Assault for knowingly attempting to obstruct the breathing of another by applying pressure on the throat or neck. On 7/7/25, SCPO Brown signed a settlement agreement wherein the administrative charges were withdrawn in exchange for SCPO Brown's retirement from the New Jersey Department of Corrections. The Police Training Commission suspended SCPO Brown's law enforcement license, concurrent with the discipline. As such, SCPO Brown was deemed to be unfit for employment by the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) and was removed on 7/8/25.