Major discipline · 2024[1]
Suspended 45 days- Rank as reported
- Senior Correctional Police Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . B2: , loafing, idleness or willful failure to devote attention to tasks that could result in danger to persons or property. D7: Violation of administrative procedures and/or regulations involving safety and security. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision.
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
The Department of Corrections suspended Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Bonafiglia for 45 days in 2024. On March 5, 2024, Bonafiglia was working the Lobby Local Control Point post at South Woods State Prison and left it unmanned, causing a security breach by leaving the lobby sally port door and the control point entrance open at the same time. He told investigators he needed to use the bathroom. Bonafiglia signed a settlement agreement on October 28, 2024.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
An investigation revealed that on March 5, 2024 Officer Bonafiglia was working the Lobby Local Control Point post which allows entrance into the secure perimeter of South Woods State Prison. Officer Bonafiglia left his post unmanned and caused a security breach by leaving the front door to the lobby sally ports and the entrance to the lobby local control point (which controls the sally ports) open simultaneously. During questioning, Officer Bonafiglia stated he needed to use the bathroom. These actions are violative of South Woods State Prison Internal Procedures and were neglectful of Officer Bonafiglia's duties as a law enforcement officer. Officer Bonafiglia signed a settlement agreement on this matter on October 28, 2024.