Officer record · As reported by the employing agency

JT Banks

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2023

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Major discipline · 2023^[1]

Suspended (days not reported)

Rank as reported: SCPO
Sustained charge(s): Indictable offense; Actions Involving Criminal Matters
Separated while IA pending: No

Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)

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.

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.

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.

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/. ↩