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Kevin Coiro

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 60 days2025 · as reported

On 5/16/23, Senior Correctional Police Officer Kevin Coiro was arrested by the Wayne Township Police Department for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. During the arrest, which was captured on body worn camera, Coiro became aggressive with the responding officers, repeatedly cursed at them, called them rookies, and did not cooperate. At the police station he refused a breathalyzer and was combative and evasive. Coiro signed a settlement agreement on 2/11/25 for a 60-day suspension.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 60 days
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • (a) General Causes (12) HRB 84-17
  • as amended C11 - an employee E1 - Violation of rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On 5/16/23, Northern State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Kevin Coiro was arrested by the Wayne Township Police Department for driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol. At the time of the arrest, SCPO Coiro became aggressive with the responding officers, which was captured on Body Worn Camera. SCPO Coiro repeatedly cursed at the Wayne Township Police officers, laughed at them, called them "rookies," and further failed to cooperate with law enforcement. At the police station, SCPO Coiro refused a breathalyzer. He was also combative and evasive. SCPO Coiro signed a settlement agreement on 2/11/25 for a 60-day suspension.

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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

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$96,313
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
7 years, 7 months

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 Kevin Coiro's major discipline record?

On 5/16/23, Senior Correctional Police Officer Kevin Coiro was arrested by the Wayne Township Police Department for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. During the arrest, which was captured on body worn camera, Coiro became aggressive with the responding officers, repeatedly cursed at them, called them rookies, and did not cooperate. At the police station he refused a breathalyzer and was combative and evasive. Coiro signed a settlement agreement on 2/11/25 for a 60-day suspension.

What is Kevin Coiro's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

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

What is Kevin Coiro's base salary on record?

Kevin Coiro's reported base salary is $96,313, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Kevin Coiro has 7 years, 7 months of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Kevin Coiro 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 Kevin Coiro individually.

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 582. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213123, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active 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/. ↩