Major discipline · 2023[1]
Suspended 15 days- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- N.J.A.C. : (a)(2)
- Separated while IA pending
- not reported
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Munajj Ziyad received a 15-day suspension from the Essex County Department of Corrections in 2023 on a sustained charge of insubordination. The record states that on October 21, 2021, while a sergeant was giving orders about an inmate extraction, Ziyad told her to hurry up and became irate and aggressive, yelling at the sergeant. A lieutenant ordered Ziyad to stop and excused him from the extraction team, and he continued to yell as he left.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
On, October 21, 2021 while in the 2-1 Sergeants Office, a Sergeant was instructing the suited team about a situation regarding the extraction of an inmate. While the Sergeant was giving her orders Officer Ziyad Stated “hurry up I don’t have all day”. The Sergeant advised Officer Ziyad to wait for his direction and orders for the extraction. Again Officer Ziyad Stated “I don’t have all day let’s go”. Officer Ziyad became more irate, aggressive and unprofessional and started yelling at the Sergeant. At this point a Lieutenant intervened and order Officer Ziyad to stop being disrespectful and comply with the orders he was given. Officer Ziyad stated “who are the officer talking to, don’t yell at me I’m 41 years old and the officer ’re not going to talk to me like I’m a kid”. At this point the Lieutenant ordered Officer Ziyad to report to Master Control and told him he was being excused from the extraction team. As Officer Ziyad proceeded down the hallway he continued to yell.