Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

Jose Esteves

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

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Major discipline · 2024^[1]

Suspended 30 days

Rank as reported: Senior Correctional Police Officer
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . B2: , loafing, idleness, or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which could result in danger to persons and property. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending: No

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

The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Jose Esteves for 30 days in 2024. On May 15, 2024, a 7 minute recording on Esteves's body-worn camera showed him using his cellphone to watch videos while driving a state vehicle. The footage also showed him entering the facility through a back gate rather than the main gate, where he would have been processed through the metal detectors as required by policy. The sustained charges included neglect of duty and conduct unbecoming an employee.

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On May 15, 2024 Officer Esteves recorded a 7 minute video on his Body Worn Camera where it was observed that he was using his cellphone to watch videos while driving a State Vehicle. Further, Officer Esteves was observed entering the facility through a back gate instead of the main gate and being processed through the metal detectors as per the policy.

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney^[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis): $125,972
Pension fund: Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service: 24 years, 9 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 1356. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214347, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩