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Jose Esteves

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Suspended 30 days2024 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Suspended 30 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
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

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.

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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)
$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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Jose Esteves's major discipline record?

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.

What is Jose Esteves's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Jose Esteves has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Jose Esteves's base salary on record?

Jose Esteves's reported base salary is $125,972, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Jose Esteves has 24 years, 9 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Jose Esteves 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 Jose Esteves individually.

Sources

  1. [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. [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/. ↩
  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/. ↩