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.
(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
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 On 7/7/25, SCPO Brown signed a settlement agreement wherein the administrative charges were withdrawn in exchange for SCPO Brown's retirement from the New Jersey Department of Corrections.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.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of John Brown's major discipline record?
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.
What is John Brown's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
John Brown has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department John Brown worked for?
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 John Brown individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 571. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩