Corrections Officer Luis Mercado was terminated by the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention in 2020. The record states that Mercado used his position as a county correctional police officer to smuggle contraband into the facility and drop it at various locations within the jail for retrieval and use by an inmate or inmates. The agency listed no separate sustained charge.
Officer Luis Mercado was terminated after using his position as a County Correctional Police Officer to smuggle contraband into the facility and drop it at various locations within the jail for retrieval and use by an inmate(s).
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No confident pension match found. This officer's record shows a termination; a terminated officer would not have an active PFRS/SPRS record at this agency, which is one reason no match may exist here. This site links a pension record to a named officer only when the name and the exact employing agency both match a New Jersey Treasury record. Other general possibilities include insufficient vesting, a role not covered by PFRS or SPRS, a deferred or vested status not reflected in a current snapshot, or a data-matching limitation. See methodology for how these matches are made and what is withheld.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Luis Mercado's major discipline record?
Corrections Officer Luis Mercado was terminated by the Atlantic County Public Safety Division of Adult Detention in 2020. The record states that Mercado used his position as a county correctional police officer to smuggle contraband into the facility and drop it at various locations within the jail for retrieval and use by an inmate or inmates. The agency listed no separate sustained charge.
What is Luis Mercado's major discipline record at Atlantic County Corrections?
Luis Mercado has one major discipline record at Atlantic County Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Does Luis Mercado's record show a termination?
Yes. At least one of Luis Mercado's major discipline records shows a termination, reported for 2020.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2789. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩