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Joseph Gressel

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Separated while IA pending2024 · as reported

Senior Correctional Police Officer Joseph Gressel separated from the Dept Of Corrections while an internal affairs matter was pending. On February 28, 2023, Gressel was arrested by the Mullica Township Police Department after being observed driving erratically and unable to stay in one lane. Police conducted a field sobriety test, and breath samples taken at the station showed Gressel had a blood alcohol level of 0.14%. He signed a settlement agreement on June 5, 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Separated while IA pending
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. . C11: an employee. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision. N.J.S.A. 2C: 39-4-50. Driving under the influence N.J.S.A 2C:39:4-96. Reckless driving.
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On February 28, 2023, Officer Gressel was arrested by the Mullica Township Police Department. Officer Gressel was observed driving erratically and unable to maintain staying in one lane. After pulling into a parking lot the police pulled Officer Gressel over and conducted a field sobriety test. Officer Gressel was subsequently arrested and taken to the police station where breath samples were taken and Officer Gressel produced a blood alcohol level of 0.14%. Officer Gressel signed a settlement agreement on this matter on June 5, 2024.

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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

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$4,151.14
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$4,151.14
Final salary basis
$99,627
Retired
April 2024
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
21 years

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 Joseph Gressel's major discipline record?

Senior Correctional Police Officer Joseph Gressel separated from the Dept Of Corrections while an internal affairs matter was pending. On February 28, 2023, Gressel was arrested by the Mullica Township Police Department after being observed driving erratically and unable to stay in one lane. Police conducted a field sobriety test, and breath samples taken at the station showed Gressel had a blood alcohol level of 0.14%. He signed a settlement agreement on June 5, 2024.

What is Joseph Gressel's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Joseph Gressel 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 Joseph Gressel's pension on record?

Joseph Gressel's reported monthly pension allowance is $4,151.14, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Joseph Gressel has 21 years of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Joseph Gressel 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 Joseph Gressel individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1409. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 358304 (member 44345049), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired 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/. ↩