6. a Public Employee 12. Violation of H-19.7 C9 Falsification: Intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work, employment application, attendance, or in any record, report, investigation or other proceeding
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
SCPO Zatkos was terminated by the Youth Justice Commission and also received a 90-day suspension. The record found that Zatkos submitted fraudulent meal receipts for multiple dates. The sustained charges included conduct unbecoming a public employee and falsification. The matter was appealed beyond the departmental level, with a hearing scheduled for March 2026.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
SCPO Zatkos submitted fraudulent meal receipts for multiple dates. *Appealed beyond the departmental level with a hearing scheduled for March 2026.*
6. a Public Employee 12. HR 19.7 C9 Falsification: Intentional misstatement of material fact in connection with work, employment, application, attendance, or in any record, report, investigation or other proceeding HR 19.7 C12 a Public Employee HR 19.7 E1 Violation of a rule, regulation, policy, procedure order, statute or administrative decision
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
SCPO Zatkos was terminated by the Youth Justice Commission and also received a 60-day suspension. The record found that Zatkos submitted falsified FMLA packets to the YJC Leave Management Unit and provided false statements to an investigator. The matter was appealed beyond the departmental level; the Office of Administrative Law initially reduced the penalty from removal to 30 days, and the Civil Service Commission then increased it to a 60-day suspension.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
SCPO Zatkos submitted falsified FMLA packets to the YJC Leave Management Unit. In addition, SCPO Zatkos provided false statements to an OOI investigator during the investigation. *Appealed beyond the departmental level with OAL initially reducing the penalty from Removal to 30 days. CSC then reviewed the decision and increased the penalty to 60 days suspension.*
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Senior Correctional Police Officer Zatkos received a 90-day suspension from the Youth Justice Commission in 2024. The record listed 1 PNDA and 1 charge, and found that Zatkos falsified 3 meal receipts for reimbursement and provided false statements to an investigator. The sustained charge was conduct unbecoming a public employee.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
1 PNDA, 1 Charge (falsified 3 meal receipts for reimbursement; false statements to investigator)
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 791. 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 792. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[3]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 1425. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[4]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 211420, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩