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.
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 .
Sustained charge(s): 1. Incompetency, Inefficiency, or Failure to Perform Duties 12. Other Sufficient Cause HR: 19.7 E1 Violation of a rule, regulation, policy,…
Sustained charge(s): 6. Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee 12. Other Sufficient Cause HR 19.7 C12 Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee HR 19.7 E1 Violation of…
Sustained charge(s): 6. Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. 12. Other Sufficient Cause. HR: 19.7 C12 Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. 2. Insubordination.…
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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "John Budenas, Youth Justice Commission," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/john-budenas-youth-justice-commission/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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]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]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/. ↩