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John Budenas

Youth Justice Commission · 1 record · 2020

Suspended 6 days2020 · as reported

Assistant District Parole Supervisor Budenas received a 6-day suspension from the Youth Justice Commission in 2020 as a Final Disciplinary Determination. The record found that Budenas allowed a subordinate to take his State-issued weapon home without proper authorization. The agency reported the basis as conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2020[1]

Suspended 6 days
Rank as reported
Assist. District Parole Supervisor (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not applicable
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Assistant District Parole Supervisor John Budenas was found to have allowed a subordinate to take his State issued weapon home without proper authorization. Budenas received a 6-day suspension as a Final Disciplinary Determination for a public employee and .

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Other officers at Youth Justice Commission

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

All 22 at the Youth Justice Commission page

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$6,434.39
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$6,434.39
Final salary basis
$116,842
Retired
September 2020
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
26 years, 1 month

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of John Budenas's major discipline record?

Assistant District Parole Supervisor Budenas received a 6-day suspension from the Youth Justice Commission in 2020 as a Final Disciplinary Determination. The record found that Budenas allowed a subordinate to take his State-issued weapon home without proper authorization. The agency reported the basis as conduct unbecoming a public employee and other sufficient cause.

What is John Budenas's major discipline record at Youth Justice Commission?

John Budenas has one major discipline record at Youth Justice Commission in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is John Budenas's pension on record?

John Budenas's reported monthly pension allowance is $6,434.39, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. John Budenas has 26 years, 1 month of reported service.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 3001. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 298056 (member 44243218), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩