Officer record · As reported by the employing agency
Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2020
Suspended 10 days2020 · as reported
Senior Corrections Officer Matthew Smelter received a 10-day suspension from the Department Of Corrections in 2020. The record states Smelter called a Code 33, deployed OC spray, escalated an incident with an inmate, and failed to maintain appropriate self-control. He was not terminated or demoted, and no other sanction was reported.
Major discipline · 2020[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Called a code 33 and deployed OC spray. Escalated an incident with an inmate. Failed to maintain appropriate self control
Background: Corrections agencies account for a large share of New Jersey's major police discipline.
Michael Green · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Suspended 120 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Daniel Kaminsky · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Suspended 10 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Derek Jovanovic · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Suspended 10 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Alan Houghton · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Suspended 10 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Asya Wyche · Department Of Corrections · 2020
Suspended 15 dayssame agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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, "Matthew Smelter, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/matthew-smelter-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Senior Corrections Officer Matthew Smelter received a 10-day suspension from the Department Of Corrections in 2020. The record states Smelter called a Code 33, deployed OC spray, escalated an incident with an inmate, and failed to maintain appropriate self-control. He was not terminated or demoted, and no other sanction was reported.
Matthew Smelter has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2020. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
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 Matthew Smelter individually.