Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 15 days- Rank as reported
- Lieutenant
- Sustained charge(s)
- , Ineffiency, or failure to perform duties
- Other sanction
- Loss of time
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Lieutenant Jonathan Carroll was suspended for 15 days by the Burlington County Department of Corrections in 2025 for incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties. On November 14 into November 15, 2024, while on duty as shift commander, a physical altercation led to the death of an inmate on E tier. The agency found that Carroll neglected to correct subordinates who did not call the code for the incident, which delayed custody and medical staff from responding with proper equipment. Carroll also received a loss of time.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On Thursday, November 14, 2024, into Friday, November 15, 2024, while on duty and in full uniform as the shift commander, there was a physical altercation that led to the death of an inmate on E tier. During the internal investigation, it was determined that Lt Carroll neglected to correct his subordinates, who did not call the code for the incident. His failure to take immediate corrective action delayed the custody and medical staff from responding to the scene with the proper equipment. He neglected to make immediate corrective action on several entries in logbook that were made by his supervisors and officers on duty. As a shift commander he is responsible for his conduct and his subordinates conduct.