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Jonathan Charles

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

Suspended 30 days2023 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended 30 days
Rank as reported
SCPO (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Failed to take action during an altercation between inmates.
Separated while IA pending
No

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.

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Other officers at Department Of Corrections

433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Jonathan Charles's major discipline record?

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.

What is Jonathan Charles's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Jonathan Charles has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Jonathan Charles's base salary on record?

Jonathan Charles's reported base salary is $94,420, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Jonathan Charles has 8 years, 8 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Jonathan Charles worked for?

Department Of Corrections reported 4,741 sworn officers to the FBI for 2025. This is department-level context from the FBI's Law Enforcement Employees census, not a statement about Jonathan Charles individually.

Sources

  1. [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. [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/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩