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Michael Stokes

Department Of Corrections · 1 record · 2025

Suspended 30 days2025 · as reported

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.

Major discipline records

Major discipline · 2025[1]

Suspended 30 days
Rank as reported
Correctional Police Officer (see this rank)
Sustained charge(s)
  • (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
No

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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Other officers at Department Of Corrections

433 other named officers with reported major discipline records at this agency. Major discipline is final and post-appeal, as reported by the agency.

All 433 at the Department Of Corrections page

Compensation and pension

Active member · NJ Treasury YourMoney[2]

This site: records-based match

Base salary (pension basis)
$57,926
Pension fund
Police and Firemen's Retirement System (PFRS)
Reported years of service
1 year

How to read this

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.

Questions and answers

What is a summary of Michael Stokes's major discipline record?

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.

What is Michael Stokes's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?

Michael Stokes has one major discipline record at Department Of Corrections in the New Jersey Attorney General's 2020-2025 releases, from 2025. These are final, adjudicated actions, not allegations.

What is Michael Stokes's base salary on record?

Michael Stokes's reported base salary is $57,926, from New Jersey Treasury YourMoney data, matched to this officer at high confidence. Michael Stokes has 1 year of reported service.

How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Michael Stokes worked for?

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 Michael Stokes individually.

Sources

  1. [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. [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/. ↩
  3. [3]FBI Law Enforcement Employees (LEE), New Jersey subset. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Row 8641. Derived from the public Law Enforcement Employees (LEE) / Police Employee Data dataset (1960-2025), https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/. ↩