Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 90 days- Rank as reported
- County Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- , failure to perform duties, a public employee, , providing a false statement, filing a false report, and numerous policy violations.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
County Correctional Police Officer John Lewis received a 90 day suspension on 4/30/2025 following an internal affairs investigation, the Monmouth County Department of Corrections reported. The investigation sustained that on 10/21/2024 Lewis failed to act and assist officers in an active use of force situation with a non-compliant inmate and failed to call for an emergency response as required by policy. It also sustained that his report contained misrepresentations and omissions and that he provided false statements when interviewed. Sustained charges included neglect of duty and filing a false report.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 4/30/2025, CPO Lewis received a 90 day suspension, after an internal affairs investigation sustained that on 10/21/2024, he failed to act and assist officers who were in an active use of force situation with a non-compliant inmate and failed to call for an emergency response, as required by policy, to provide the additional staff needed to gain control of the non-compliant inmate and secure the situation. The investigation further sustained that his official report of the incident contained misrepresentations and omissions of facts, and when interviewed regarding this incident, he provided false statements and information which conflicted with what he previously reported.