(a) General Causes (6) a public employee (12) HRB 84-17, as amended C9- : Intentional disobedience or refusal to accept order, assaulting or resisting authority, disrespect or use of insulting or abusive language to a supervisor. C11 - an employee.
Separated while IA pending
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Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
On October 13, 2025, South Woods State Prison Correctional Police Officer Michael Stokes called in three inaccurate counts and refused a sergeant's instruction to retake the count, the Department of Corrections reported. Stokes was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 30-day suspension on December 18, 2025.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On 10/13/25, South Woods State Prison’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Michael Stokes called in 3 inaccurate counts. He was instructed by a Correctional Police Sergeant that he would need to retake the count and he refused. SCPO Stokes was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 30-day suspension on 12/18/25.
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Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 741. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 216217, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩