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Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2022
Suspended 10 days2022 · as reported
The Dept Of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Melanie Cuenca for 10 days in 2022 on sustained charges of sleeping while on duty and neglect of duty. A review of video surveillance over a four month period showed that Cuenca was asleep while on duty on one or more occasions and failed to complete required duties.
Major discipline · 2022[1]
Suspended 10 daysSynopsis as reported by the agency
Review of video surveillance over a four month period revealed SCPO Melanie Cuenca was asleep while on duty on one or more occasions and failed to complete required duties.
Adalberto Duarte · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
Patrick Ferrea · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 20 daysSustained charge(s): 1. Neglect of duty, loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks which would not result in danger to persons or…
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Peter Korczak · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
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Paul Jankin · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
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Michael Horton · Department Of Corrections · 2022
Suspended 10 daysSustained charge(s): Sleeping while on duty. Neglect of duty.
same agency · same year · similar charge category · similar sanction outcome
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The Dept Of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Melanie Cuenca for 10 days in 2022 on sustained charges of sleeping while on duty and neglect of duty. A review of video surveillance over a four month period showed that Cuenca was asleep while on duty on one or more occasions and failed to complete required duties.
Melanie Cuenca has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2022. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.
Melanie Cuenca's reported base salary is $114,697, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Melanie Cuenca has 24 years, 9 months of reported service.
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 Melanie Cuenca individually.