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JT Banks

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

Suspended (days not reported)2023 · as reported

SCPO JT Banks was suspended by the Dept Of Corrections in 2023 on sustained charges of an indictable offense and actions involving criminal matters; the day count was not reported. The record states Banks was charged by the NJ Division of Criminal Justice with aggravated assault under NJSA 2C:12-1B(7) and tampering with public records under 2C:28-7A(2), arising from an on-duty incident at SWSP in which he used excessive force by kicking an incarcerated person in the head. He received an indefinite suspension pending adjudication.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2023[1]

Suspended (days not reported)
Rank as reported
SCPO (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • Indictable offense
  • Actions Involving Criminal Matters
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

charged with NJSA 2C:12-1B(7) Aggravated assault and 2C:28-7A(2) tampering with public records by NJ Division of Criminal Justice. Charges resulted from incident at SWSP on duty when the officer used excessive force kicking in incarcerated person in the head. Indefinite suspension pending adjudication of criminal charges.

Similar records

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

  • Jerome Cochran · Department Of Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Michael Cook · Department Of Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Chronic or excessive absenteeism or lateness

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jonathan Howard · Department Of Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Jerome Cochran · Department Of Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 15 days

    Sustained charge(s): Unsatisfactory Attendance

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

  • Brian Mikus · Department Of Corrections · 2023

    Suspended 10 days

    Sustained charge(s): Violation of a rule. Regulation, policy or procedure

    same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome

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
$4,836.87
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$4,836.87
Final salary basis
$89,296
Retired
June 2022
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
25 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 JT Banks's major discipline record?

SCPO JT Banks was suspended by the Dept Of Corrections in 2023 on sustained charges of an indictable offense and actions involving criminal matters; the day count was not reported. The record states Banks was charged by the NJ Division of Criminal Justice with aggravated assault under NJSA 2C:12-1B(7) and tampering with public records under 2C:28-7A(2), arising from an on-duty incident at SWSP in which he used excessive force by kicking an incarcerated person in the head. He received an indefinite suspension pending adjudication.

What is JT Banks's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

JT Banks has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2023. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is JT Banks's pension on record?

JT Banks's reported monthly pension allowance is $4,836.87, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. JT Banks has 25 years of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department JT Banks 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 JT Banks individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1914. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 323606 (member 44288943), 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/. ↩