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Kevin McNear

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2024

Separated while IA pending2024 · as reported

Senior Correctional Police Officer Kevin McNear separated from the Department of Corrections while an internal affairs case was pending in 2024. On February 7, 2024, McNear was pulled over by Bridgeton police and arrested for driving while intoxicated. On October 21, 2024, he was found guilty of refusing to take a breathalyzer test, which the record notes was his third driving while intoxicated charge stemming from a refusal. McNear signed a settlement agreement on November 22, 2024.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2024[1]

Separated while IA pending
Rank as reported
Senior Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 3. . N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C11: an employee. E1: Violations of a rule
  • regulation
  • policy
  • procedure
  • order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
Yes

Synopsis as reported by the agency

On February 7, 2024 Officer McNear was pulled over by Bridgeton Police and subsequently arrested for driving while intoxicated and was subsequently charged with N.J.S.A. 39: 4-50.2. Consent to taking of samples of breath; record of test; independent test; prohibition of use of force; informing accused. On October 21, 2024, Officer McNear was found guilty in court for refusing to take a breathalyzer test. This is Officer McNear's third driving while intoxicated charge due to refusal of taking a breathalyzer. Officer McNear signed a settlement agreement on this matter on November 22, 2024.

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  • Michael Crawford · Department Of Corrections · 2024

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    Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. B8: Serious mistake due to…

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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

Retired member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Monthly pension allowance
$5,724.74
Monthly total (incl. cost-of-living)
$5,724.74
Final salary basis
$104,218
Retired
December 2024
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
25 years, 11 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 McNear's major discipline record?

Senior Correctional Police Officer Kevin McNear separated from the Department of Corrections while an internal affairs case was pending in 2024. On February 7, 2024, McNear was pulled over by Bridgeton police and arrested for driving while intoxicated. On October 21, 2024, he was found guilty of refusing to take a breathalyzer test, which the record notes was his third driving while intoxicated charge stemming from a refusal. McNear signed a settlement agreement on November 22, 2024.

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

Kevin McNear has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Kevin McNear's pension on record?

Kevin McNear's reported monthly pension allowance is $5,724.74, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Kevin McNear has 25 years, 11 months of reported service.

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

Sources

  1. [1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1365. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
  2. [2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 361443 (member 44350925), 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/. ↩