On August 18 and 19, 2025, Garden State Youth Correctional Facility Senior Correctional Police Officer Pamela Smith called out sick without sufficient leave time to support the absence, which the Department of Corrections deemed chronic or excessive absenteeism. Smith was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 15-day suspension.
On 8/18/25 and 8/19/25, Garden State Youth Correctional Facility’s Senior Correctional Police Officer (SCPO) Pamela Smith called out sick and did not have sufficient leave time balance to support her absence. This is deemed . SCPO Smith was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 15-day suspension.
Sustained charge(s): NJAC 4a:2-2.3(a) General Causes (1) Incompetency, inefficiency or failure to perform duties (6) Conduct unbecoming a public employee (7)…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
Sustained charge(s): N.J.A.C. 4A:2-2.3(a) General Causes (12) Other Sufficient Cause HRB 84-17, as amended A1 - Unsatisfactory attendance, Chronic or excessive…
same agency · same year · similar sanction outcome
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Police Transparency NJ, "Pamela Smith, Department Of Corrections," last updated 2026-09-28, https://policetransparencynj.com/officers/pamela-smith-dept-of-corrections/. Source records: New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.
Questions and answers
What is a summary of Pamela Smith's major discipline record?
On August 18 and 19, 2025, Garden State Youth Correctional Facility Senior Correctional Police Officer Pamela Smith called out sick without sufficient leave time to support the absence, which the Department of Corrections deemed chronic or excessive absenteeism. Smith was issued a Final Notice of Disciplinary Action for a 15-day suspension.
What is Pamela Smith's major discipline record at Department Of Corrections?
Pamela Smith 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.
How large is Department Of Corrections, the department Pamela Smith 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 Pamela Smith individually.
Sources
[1]New Jersey Major Discipline Data, 2020-2025. New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. Sheet "Major Discipline Data", row 739. Snapshot retrieved 2026-07-03. ↩
[2]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/. ↩