(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance,
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Darmanin called out sick on 10/11/25 at Northern State Prison without sufficient leave time and was placed in no-pay status. The Department of Corrections deemed this excessive and chronic absenteeism. Darmanin signed a settlement agreement on 12/9/25 for a 10-day suspension.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 10/11/25, Northern State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Michael Darmanin called out sick. SCPO Darmanin did not have sufficient leave time on that date and was therefore placed in “no pay" status. This is deemed excessive and chronic absenteeism. SCPO Darmanin signed a settlement agreement on 12/9/25 for a 10-day suspension.
(a) General Causes (4) Attendance HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance,
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On 10/25/25, 10/27/25, and 10/28/25, Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Darmanin called out sick at Northern State Prison without sufficient leave time and was placed in no-pay status. The Department of Corrections deemed this excessive and chronic absenteeism. Darmanin signed a settlement agreement on 12/9/25 for a 15-day suspension.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 10/25/25, 10/27/25 and 10/28/25, Northern State Prison's Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Michael Darmanin called out sick. SCPO Darmanin did not have sufficient leave time on that date and was therefore placed in “no pay" status. This is deemed excessive and chronic absenteeism. SCPO Darmanin signed a settlement agreement on 12/9/25 for a 15-day suspension.
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 597. 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 598. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 213145, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩