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.
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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Police Transparency NJ, "Jonathan Charles, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/jonathan-charles-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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.
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]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]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/. ↩