Major discipline · 2025[1]
Suspended 30 days- Rank as reported
- Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- (a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17, as amended C11 - an employee E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision. N.J.S.A 39:4-50 - Operating under the influence of liquor or drugs N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.4a - Refusal to submit to chemical test N.J.S.A. 39:4-98 - Speeding N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.2A - Unsafe Operation of a vehicle N.J.S.A 39:4-96 - Reckless Driving N.J.S.A. 39:4-97- Careless driving N.J.S.A. 39:3-29C - Failure to possess driving insurance card N.J.S.A. 39:4-88 - Verbal warning for failure to maintain a lane
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On 9/6/24, Officer Kim Clarke was stopped by the Bedminster Police Department for speeding at 65 miles per hour in a 45-mph zone, and responding officers observed the vehicle swerving. Officers noted slurred speech, slow movements, and a strong odor of alcohol, and Clarke did not follow directions during the field sobriety tests before being placed under arrest. At the police station, Clarke twice refused the breathalyzer test. Clarke signed a settlement agreement on 2/18/25 for a 30-day suspension from the Department of Corrections.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 9/6/24, Garden State Correctional Facility’s Correctional Police Sergeant (CPS) Kim Clarke was stopped by the Bedminster Police Department for speeding at 65 mile per hours (mph) in a 45-mph zone. The officers observed CPS Clark swerving. When responding officers approached the vehicle, they noticed CPS Clarke's speech to be slurred and his movements to be slow. There was also a strong odor of alcohol emanating from the interior of the vehicle. CPS Clarke did not follow directions when given the field sobriety tests, and she was placed under arrest. At the police station, CPS Clarke twice refused to submit the breathalyzer test. CPS Clarke signed a settlement agreement on 2/18/25 for a 30-day suspension.