Suspended 30 daysmost recent record, 2025 · as reported
Boswell has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: 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. B8: Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. D6c: Loss or careless control of a firearm. D7: Violation of Administrative procedures an/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order, or administrative decision; N.J.A.C.4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A11 - Leaving assigned work area without permission creating a danger to persons or property D7 - Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
Discipline timeline, 2024 to 2025
AnalysisBar colour is this site's severity tier for the reported sanction.
2 records, 2024 to 2025
Major discipline records reported for Marlin Boswell, by year
On 12/29/24, Senior Correctional Police Officer Marlin Boswell was assigned to mandatory overtime on third shift at Northern State Prison. While relieved on a meal break, Boswell left State grounds without permission for approximately two hours, leaving the facility short staffed. Boswell stated he left to pick up medication for his children but could not produce a receipt or confirmation. He signed a settlement agreement on 8/6/25 for a 30-day suspension.
(a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17
as amended A11 - Leaving assigned work area without permission creating a danger to persons or property D7 - Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security E1 - Violation of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 12/29/24, Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Marlin Boswell was assigned to work mandatory overtime on 3rd shift at Northern State Prison. While relieved on a meal break, SCPO Boswell left State grounds without permission for approximately two hours. During this time, the facility was left short staffed, creating a safety and security risk. SCPO Boswell stated he left the facility to pick up medication for his children, but he was unable to produce a receipt or any confirmation of this. SCPO Boswell signed a settlement agreement on 8/6/25 for a 30-day suspension.
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Marlin Boswell for 30 days in 2024. During an August 14, 2024 inspection of his work area, Boswell was not wearing his uniform shirt, protective vest, firearm and magazine pouch, and there was no magazine inside the firearm. The investigation also found that he failed to maintain a proper log book and failed to record the firearm serial numbers. The sustained charges included careless control of a firearm and conduct unbecoming an employee.
(a)(6) a Public Employee. (a)(12) . B8: Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. C11: an employee. D6c: Loss or careless control of a firearm. D7: Violation of Administrative procedures an/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violation of a rule
regulation
policy
procedure
order
or administrative decision.
Separated while IA pending
No
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On August 14, 2024 an investigation revealed that during an inspection of his work area, Officer Boswell was not wearing his uniform shirt, protective vest, firearm and magazine pouch. Furthermore, it was discovered that there was no magazine inside of the firearm. Finally, the investigation revealed that Officer Boswell failed to maintain a proper log book and failed to record the firearm serial numbers in the log book.
Similar records
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Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
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.
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.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Marlin Boswell's major discipline record?
Boswell has 2 sustained major discipline records from Dept Of Corrections, spanning 2024 to 2025. The records include a suspension. Sustained charges across the records include: 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. B8: Serious mistake due to carelessness which may result in danger and/or injury to persons or property. C11: Conduct unbecoming an employee. D6c: Loss or careless control of a firearm. D7: Violation of Administrative procedures an/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order, or administrative decision; N.J.A.C.4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A11 - Leaving assigned work area without permission creating a danger to persons or property D7 - Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security E1 - Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
What is Marlin Boswell's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Marlin Boswell has 2 major discipline records at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2024, 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
What is Marlin Boswell's base salary on record?
Marlin Boswell's reported base salary is $90,626, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Marlin Boswell has 7 years, 7 months of reported service.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Marlin Boswell 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 Marlin Boswell individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 568. 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 1334. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 568. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. The timeline counts rows 568, 1334. ↩
[4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213084, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩
[5]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/. ↩