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Joseph Will

Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 9 days2025 · as reported

On November 2, 2025, Correctional Police Officer Joseph Will was assigned to Housing Unit 3 and allowed multiple cell doors to remain open, which let two inmates enter an unassigned cell, the Cape May County Sheriffs Office reported. Less than 5 minutes after the two inmates left that cell, they were in an altercation in the Dayroom. The record noted this was not Will's first offense of this nature. The 2025 record sustained an unbecoming conduct charge, and Will received a 9-day suspension and a loss of pay.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 9 days
Rank as reported
Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
Unbecoming Conduct
Other sanction
Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On November 2, 2025, Officer Will was assigned to Housing Unit 3 and failed to perform his duties. Officer Will allowed multiple cell doors to remain open, which allowed two inmates to enter an unassigned cell. Less than (5) five minutes after the inmates exited the above mentioned cell, the same two inmates were involved in an altercation in the Dayroom. These actions represent serious safety and security violations. This is not Officer Will’s first offense of this nature. Correctional Police Officers at the CMCSO work 12 hour days.

Similar records

AnalysisComputed by this site from shared agency, year, charge category, and sanction outcome. Not a legal or factual equivalence.

  • Khoury Causey · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2025

    Suspended 6 days

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect Of Duty

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Erin McPherson · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2025

    Suspended (days not reported)

    Sustained charge(s): Neglect Of Duty

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Ivan Addu · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2024

    Suspended 12 days

    Sustained charge(s): CMCSO Rules and Regulations 4.1.7 Neglect of Duty (2counts), 4.1.10 Insubordination (2 Counts)

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • William Nielsen · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2023

    Suspended 45 days

    Sustained charge(s): Insubordination; Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee; Neglect Of Duty: Misuse of Public Property

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

  • Tyler Dunne · Cape May County Sheriff's Office · 2023

    Suspended 91 days

    Sustained charge(s): Conductunbecoming a public Employee; Obedience to laws and Regulations

    same agency · similar sanction outcome

Other officers at Cape May County Sheriff's Office

16 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 16 at the Cape May County Sheriff's Office page

Compensation and pension

No confident pension match found. 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. Where that bar is not met, nothing is shown rather than a guess. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Joseph Will's major discipline record?

On November 2, 2025, Correctional Police Officer Joseph Will was assigned to Housing Unit 3 and allowed multiple cell doors to remain open, which let two inmates enter an unassigned cell, the Cape May County Sheriffs Office reported. Less than 5 minutes after the two inmates left that cell, they were in an altercation in the Dayroom. The record noted this was not Will's first offense of this nature. The 2025 record sustained an unbecoming conduct charge, and Will received a 9-day suspension and a loss of pay.

What is Joseph Will's major discipline record at Cape May County Sheriff's Office?

Joseph Will has one major discipline record at Cape May County Sheriff's Office in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 263. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩