Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Correctional Police Officer recruit Justin Daniel was terminated in 2024 after being removed from the Essex County Police Academy for violating academy rules and regulations. The Middlesex County Department of Corrections reported that Daniel did not receive the certification required under his preemployment conditions. The sustained charge was incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties.
, , or failure to perform duties / Failed to obtain PTC certification as required by statute.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
CPO Recruit Daniel was terminated due to as he was removed from the Essex County Police Academy for violating academy rules and regulations and did not receive the certification required per his preemployment conditions.
Compensation and pension
No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. 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. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Justin Daniel's major discipline record?
Correctional Police Officer recruit Justin Daniel was terminated in 2024 after being removed from the Essex County Police Academy for violating academy rules and regulations. The Middlesex County Department of Corrections reported that Daniel did not receive the certification required under his preemployment conditions. The sustained charge was incompetency, inefficiency, or failure to perform duties.
What is Justin Daniel's major discipline record at Middlesex County Corrections?
Justin Daniel has one major discipline record at Middlesex County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Justin Daniel's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Justin Daniel's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2024.
How does Middlesex County Corrections score on this site's report card?
This site's report card places Middlesex County Corrections in the second-highest fifth of its peer group on reported internal affairs volume and discipline severity. The grade is analysis by this site, not an official rating, and it describes the department, not Justin Daniel individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1181. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩