Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

John Urbanowicz

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 30 days

Rank as reported: SCPO
Sustained charge(s): a public employee; ; , intentional disobedience or refusal to accept an order, assaulting or resisting authority, disrespect or use of insulting or abusive language to supervisor; Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

The Dept Of Corrections suspended SCPO John Urbanowicz for 30 days in 2023 for conduct unbecoming, insubordination, and violation of rules and regulations. The record states Urbanowicz was ordered to report to SID and provide a statement in an investigation into possible introduction of contraband and corruption, and that he disobeyed an order given by the Major and failed to cooperate with the investigation. Per a settlement agreement his original sanction of removal was modified to a 30 day suspension, all for record keeping purposes only.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

SCPO John Urbanowicz was ordered to report to SID and provide a statement in connection with an investigation into possible introduction of contraband and corruption. SCPO Urbanowicz disobeyed and failed to follow an order given by the Major which consititutes . SCPO Urbanowicz violated policy by failing to cooperate with an investigation. Such conduct is unbecoming a law enforcement officer. Per settlement agreement SCPO John Urbanowicz's original sanction of Removal was modified to a thirty (30) working days suspension of which all thirty (30) days were for record keeping purposes only.

Compensation and pension

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance: $2,818.35
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living): $2,818.35
Final salary basis: $84,551
Retired: May 2022
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 11 years, 11 months

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.

Sources

[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1943. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 342931 (member 44319209), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩