Temporary Detention: Booking and Intake / Security and Control
Other sanction
Monetary fine or loss of pay
Separated while IA pending
No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
A prisoner was placed into the secure holding facility to which Officer Ozriel Valentin was assigned, and Valentin failed to properly search the prisoner or the area, according to the Atlantic City Police Department. A knife was subsequently found in the cell where the prisoner was held. The department sustained a charge of Temporary Detention: Booking and Intake / Security and Control. Valentin was suspended for 30 days and received a monetary fine or loss of pay.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
A prisoner was placed into the secure holding facility. Officer Valentin, who was assigned to the secure facility, failed to search said prisoner or area properly. A knife was subsequently found in the cell where the prisoner was held.
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 13. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]YourMoney Active Pension Members (PFRS/SPRS subset). New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Row 226792, snapshot as of March 31, 2026. Derived from the public YourMoney Active Pension Members dataset, https://www.yourmoney.nj.gov/. ↩