Separated while IA pendingmost recent record, 2024 · as reported
Rouse has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. D6c: Loss or careless control of firearms D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3 (a)12 . Other Sufficient Cause A.1.Unsatisfactory attendance.
On February 7, 2024, Senior Correctional Police Officer Laquan Rouse was issued a Temporary Restraining Order and had his off-duty weapon confiscated. When Rouse was escorted to his home to retrieve the weapon, he stated he thought it was in a backpack in his vehicle. On his return to the facility, the off-duty weapon was found unsecured inside a green backpack and loaded with unauthorized ammunition. Rouse received a 45-day suspension.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . D6c: Loss or careless control of firearms D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule
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Synopsis as reported by the agency
On February 7, 2024 Officer Rouse was issued a Temporary Restraining Order and had his off-duty weapon confiscated. Officer Rouse was escorted to his home to retrieve the off-duty weapon and stated he thought the weapon was in his vehicle in a backpack. Upon officer Rouse's return to the facility his off-duty weapon was found unsecure inside a green backpack and it was loaded with unauthorized ammunition.
Senior Correctional Police Officer Laquan Rouse separated from the Department of Corrections while an internal affairs case was pending in 2024. Rouse was on unauthorized leave without pay from February 29, 2024 to April 20, 2024. A March 22, 2024 letter required him to return to work before April 5, 2024 with documentation for his absences, and he failed to do so. The sustained charges were other sufficient cause and unsatisfactory attendance.
Officer Rouse was on an unauthorized leave without pay from February 29, 2024-April 20,2024. On March 22, 2024 Officer Rouse was sent a letter stating he was required to return to work before April 5, 2024 with documentation to cover his absences however, Officer Rouse failed to do so.
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Questions and answers
What is a summary of Laquan Rouse's major discipline record?
Rouse has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a suspension and separation while an internal affairs matter was pending. Sustained charges across the records include: N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. D6c: Loss or careless control of firearms D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision; N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3 (a)12 . Other Sufficient Cause A.1.Unsatisfactory attendance.
What is Laquan Rouse's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Laquan Rouse has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Laquan Rouse 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 Laquan Rouse individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1317. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1326. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[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/. ↩