a public employee; violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision; Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security; .
Separated while IA pending
not applicable (collected 2023 and later)
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
SCPO Lynn Tyson was suspended for 10 days by the Dept Of Corrections in 2022 for conduct unbecoming a public employee and related violations involving safety and security. According to the record, Tyson did not report numerous contraband items stored in a locker located in the STU security perimeter, which was secured with a personal lock.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Suspended for 10 days for not reporting numerous contraband that was stored in a locker located in the STU security perimeter (Special Treatment Unit Movement/MAP Yard) which was secured with a personal lock .
The amount is as reported by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury in its YourMoney pension data, as of March 31, 2026. It is the pension-basis figure and may not include overtime, accrued leave, stipends, or other pay. The link between this officer and this pension record is a records-based match at high confidence (exact name and exact employing agency), not a certified identity. If it is wrong, we will remove it: corrections.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 2350. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 215158, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩