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.
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.
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 (matching name, exact employing agency, police-confirmed occupation, no competing candidate, and a scored match probability above the published floor; see the methodology), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
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Police Transparency NJ, "JT Banks, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/jt-banks-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
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]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]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]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/. ↩