Suspended 60 daysmost recent record, 2024 · as reported
Montigue has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: 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 carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. D4: improper or unauthorized contact with inmate - undue familiarity with inmates, parolees, their families or friends. 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) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C4. Verbal abuse of an inmate, patient, client, resident or employee. C7: Fighting or creating a disturbance on state property. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. C19: Discourtesy to public, visitors, inmates, residents or clients. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Lasheta Montigue for 90 days in 2024. On June 27, 2024, during a meal break, an incarcerated person handed Montigue a personal letter addressed to her that asked her to link up with him and included his social media profile names and a request that she obtain a P.O. box and contact him under a fake name. Montigue was recorded reading the letter for about two minutes and, rather than report it to a supervisor, placed it in the officer podium drawer.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . B8: Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. C11: an employee. D4: improper or unauthorized contact with inmate - undue familiarity with inmates
parolees
their families or friends. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
An investigation revealed that on June 27, 2024, while conducting a meal break, XXXX handed Officer Montigue a personal letter addressed to her. The letter was addressed to 'M' and asked Officer Montigue to 'link up with him'. The letter also contained the Incarcerated Person's social media profile names and asked Officer Montigue to get a P.O. Box and reach out to him using a fake name. Officer Montigue was observed reading this letter on the institutional camera system for approximately two minutes. Instead of reporting this incident to a supervisor, Officer Montigue placed the letter in the Officer podium drawer. Officer Montigue failed to report the Incarcerated Person's attempt to get her to contact him and have a personal relationship with him.
In a separate 2024 matter, the Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Lasheta Montigue for 60 days. On December 5, 2023, body-worn camera footage showed that when an incarcerated person said he felt like knocking somebody out, Montigue replied, "Do it. Stop fucking talking, cause I'm like that." The person then went to the mezzanine and engaged in a physical altercation with another incarcerated person. An investigation found that Montigue made unprofessional comments and did not attempt to de-escalate. She signed a settlement agreement on February 1, 2024.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C4. Verbal abuse of an inmate
patient
client
resident or employee. C7: Fighting or creating a disturbance on state property. C11: an employee. C19: Discourtesy to public
visitors
inmates
residents or clients. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On December 5, 2023, the results of an investigation revealed that Officer Montigue failed to deescalate an incident between two Incarcerated Persons. Officer Montigue's body worn camera footage revealed an Incarcerated Person stating "I feel like knocking somebody out" to which Officer Montigue replied "Do it. Stop fucking talking, cause I'm like that" to the Incarcerated Person. The Incarcerated Person then proceeded to the mezzanine and engaged in a physical altercation with another Incarcerated Person. Officer Montigue made unprofessional comments towards an Incarcerated Person and did not make an attempt to deescalate a physical altercation between the two Incarcerated Persons. Officer Montigue signed a settlement agreement on this matter on February 1, 2024.
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What is a summary of Lasheta Montigue's major discipline record?
Montigue has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, all from 2024. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: 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 carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. D4: improper or unauthorized contact with inmate - undue familiarity with inmates, parolees, their families or friends. 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) 6. Conduct unbecoming an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. C4. Verbal abuse of an inmate, patient, client, resident or employee. C7: Fighting or creating a disturbance on state property. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. C19: Discourtesy to public, visitors, inmates, residents or clients. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
What is Lasheta Montigue's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Lasheta Montigue 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.
What is Lasheta Montigue's base salary on record?
Lasheta Montigue's reported base salary is $101,884, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Lasheta Montigue has 11 years, 9 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Lasheta Montigue 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 Lasheta Montigue individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1359. 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 1360. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 216041, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[4]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/. ↩