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Jonathan Cruz

Department Of Corrections · 2 records · 2021

Terminatedmost recent record, 2021 · as reported

Cruz has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2021. The records include a termination and a suspension.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2021[1]

Suspended 10 days

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

Senior Corrections Officer Jonathan Cruz received a 10-day suspension from the Department Of Corrections in 2021. According to the record, Cruz refused a CPS order to have inmates mask up. He was not terminated or demoted, and no other sanction or sustained charges were reported.

Rank as reported
Senior Corrections Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not provided
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Refused CPS order to have inmates mask up

Major discipline · 2021[2]

Terminated

Plain-language summary

Written by this site from the cited record only.

In 2021, the Department Of Corrections recorded the termination of Senior Corrections Officer Jonathan Cruz. The listed description was a resignation not in good standing. Cruz was not demoted or suspended, and the agency did not report the sustained charges or any other sanction.

Rank as reported
Senior Corrections Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
not provided
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)

Synopsis as reported by the agency

Resignation not in good standing

Similar records

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  • Arthur Bonitz · Department Of Corrections · 2021

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  • Keesha Miller · Department Of Corrections · 2021

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  • Aminah Campbell · Department Of Corrections · 2021

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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

No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

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

Cruz has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2021. The records include a termination and a suspension.

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

Jonathan Cruz has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2021. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Does Jonathan Cruz's record show a termination?

Yes. At least one of Jonathan Cruz's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2021.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Jonathan Cruz 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 Cruz individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2735. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  2. [2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2741. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03.
  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/.