The Department of Corrections suspended Correctional Police Lieutenant Lisa Blaufuss for 10 days in 2024. On September 26, 2024, while assigned as shift commander, Blaufuss received and read a special custody report stating that an incarcerated person wished to speak with internal affairs about their safety and the whereabouts of a gun hidden in the facility. Blaufuss failed to report this to her superiors and shredded the report, mentioning it only when the facility administrator asked her about it.
N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . 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 September 26. 2024 Lt. Blaufuss was assigned as the Shift Commander. She received and read a special custody report from another officer stating that an Incarcerated Person wished to speak with Internal Affairs about their safety within the facility and the whereabouts of a gun hidden within the facility. Lt. Blaufuss failed to report this to her superiors and shredded the report, only mentioning it when asked by the Administrator of the Facility if she received a report about a gun within the Facility.
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(6) Conduct Unbecoming a Public Employee. N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a)(12) Other Sufficient Cause. C7: Fighting or creating a…
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Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. Other sufficient cause. A9: Refusal or failure to work overtime without a reasonable excuse. E1: Violations of a…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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.
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Police Transparency NJ, "Lisa Blaufuss, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/lisa-blaufuss-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Lisa Blaufuss's major discipline record?
The Department of Corrections suspended Correctional Police Lieutenant Lisa Blaufuss for 10 days in 2024. On September 26, 2024, while assigned as shift commander, Blaufuss received and read a special custody report stating that an incarcerated person wished to speak with internal affairs about their safety and the whereabouts of a gun hidden in the facility. Blaufuss failed to report this to her superiors and shredded the report, mentioning it only when the facility administrator asked her about it.
What is Lisa Blaufuss's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Lisa Blaufuss 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 Lisa Blaufuss's base salary on record?
Lisa Blaufuss's reported base salary is $144,836, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Lisa Blaufuss has 23 years, 11 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Lisa Blaufuss 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 Lisa Blaufuss individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1328. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 214181, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[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/. ↩