Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Jonathan Charles

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended 30 days

Rank as reported: SCPO
Sustained charge(s): Failed to take action during an altercation between inmates.
Separated while IA pending: No

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

SCPO Jonathan Charles received a 30 day suspension from the Dept Of Corrections in 2023 after he failed to take action during an altercation between inmates. The record states Charles was assigned to Fox 3 West when the altercation occurred and that it resulted in injury to the inmate. Later that day he returned to NSP SID requesting a second interview and stated he had been made aware of the altercation. Charles did not appeal the charge, and the sanction was upheld.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Officer Charles failed to take action during an inmate altercation while the officer was assigned to Fox 3 West. This resulted in injury to the inmate, later on during the day the officer returned to NSP SID requesting a second interview stating that the officer was made aware of the altercation. The officer did not appeal this charge, sanction was upheld.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $94,420
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 8 years, 8 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 1942. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213117, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩