N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 6. an employee N.J.A.C. 4A: 2-2.3(a) 12. . C11: an employee. E1: Violations of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure, order or administrative decision. N.J.S.A. 2C: 20-11. Shoplifting.
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Michael Kowalski was terminated by the Dept Of Corrections. On March 2, 2023, Kowalski was arrested for shoplifting at the Vineland Home Depot after attempting to leave the store without paying for $307.54 worth of merchandise. Kowalski did not report the incident to the department in a timely manner and waited 7 days to report it. Sustained charges included conduct unbecoming an employee and shoplifting.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On March 2, 2023, Officer Kowalski was arrested for shoplifting at the Vineland Home Depot and attempting to leave the store without paying for $307.54 worth of merchandise. Officer Kowalski did not report this incident to NJDOC in a timely manner, and waited 7 days to report the incident.
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 1391. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Retired Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 376660 (member 44376472), snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Retired Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩